Lightspeed Commerce
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Auckland
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What this role is asking for.
HI THERE! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY 👋 Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place! We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our team in Auckland. In addition to building reliable systems and easy-to-use interfaces with clean, well-tested code, you will also collaborate closely with peers in technical discussions, code reviews, and architecture decisions, helping to elevate our engineering culture and set a high bar for quality and scalability. To thrive in this role, you’ll bring strong technical knowledge, a quick ability to learn new technologies, and sharp problem-solving skills. You’ll be an excellent communicator who works well with stakeholders, collaborates effectively across teams, and supports others through mentorship. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - 30% - Building stuff: This means coding, code reviews, fixing bugs (i.e. tackling the hard debugging), peer programming, incident response, and reverse-engineering tasks, etc. - 30% - Planning/architecture: This means estimating, collaborating with products, establishing MVP - 30% - Learning and teaching: This means things like chapter reviews, research and meetups, coaching and mentoring developers to “level up” and become more proficient over time - 10% - Enabling: This means things like working on shared libraries, contributing to open...
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