Senior Python Developer

### Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in software development, including senior experience
• With a strong continued focus on Python OR
• With focus on Python for at-least 1 year and strong backend experience in NodeJS, Golang or Java & willingness to switch to Python
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a team
• Hands-on experience building REST APIs and Microservices communication patterns
• Strong understanding of durability, scalability & optimizations in distributed systems
• Experience with databases such as DynamoDB and/or RDBMS(SQL)
• Strong Knowledge of Observability & monitoring systems
• Hands-on experience with Kafka
• Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to clean code, maintainability, and systematic correctness
• Proficiency with CI/CD systems, Docker, and Working knowledge of Kubernetes
• Experience/ interest in Javascript, basic knowledge of React
• Peer recognised experience in Technical Problem Solving in general
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (HTTP, TCP, TLS, etc.)
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS
• Computer Science degree or equivalent
• You are a team player who likes to contribute to discussions and share your experience
• You are self-motivated and can function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision
• You are always seeking improvement and progress
• You are eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes

### What the job involves

• Lightspeed is looking for a Senior Python Developer to join our team
• As a Backend developer, you will support Lightspeed's Hospitality product group on the mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our advanced hospitality commerce platform
• For this role specifically, you will join our Lighthouse Squad
• This team is responsible for building a horizontal product - a subscription management service for our hospitality customers enabling them to unlock various ecosystem software products we have to offer
• This is a highly resilient distributed system that spans across software delivery and billing for subscriptions
• Above all, your work will change the way the world experiences hospitality!
• Building and maintaining our software components using primarily python ecosystem
• Backend services and APIs with fastAPI, Kafka, Redis, AWS ecosystem
• Event driven architecture, with focus on resilience and accuracy
• Strong QA foundations with unit and integration tests
• Ensuring
• Reliability, performance and accuracy aspects
• Bugfixes and proactive care of the systems
• We analyse the root causes of problems & incidents in the system
• We are able to prioritize technical debts aligning with our squad’s technical roadmaps
• Collaborating with other teams to help them integrate with our microservices
• Use LLMs to accelerate development process safely and robustly

### Benefits

• With Lightspeed PX, you can enjoy flexible paid time off and up to 2 months remote per year with our hybrid work policy
• Equity options, because this is your company too
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Interest groups, from #coffee_pals to sponsored sports teams
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook