Senior Frontend Engineer (React, TypeScript)

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 are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to join one of our squads where you will be supporting 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 be joining the team focused on enhancing our backoffice platform. Our mission is to empower our merchants with smooth onboarding and make it easy to configure and manage their business setup—no matter the size or complexity.

You will join a healthy and collaborative team, continuously improving our engineering practices, and delivering state-of-the-art technology, all while keeping it fun. Above all, your work will change the way the world experiences hospitality.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Working alongside some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, you will contribute to the omnichannel product by building new features and creative workflows.

• Design and create beautiful, elegant, and functional web applications.

• Your daily tasks will be split between development of new features and supporting existing integrations with our partners, while new features will dominate as we constantly open new markets.

• Report to the Team Lead of Development and have frequent interactions with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Platform Teams.

• Take part in daily agile ceremonies, brainstorm on innovative ideas that challenge the status quo, and implement solutions.

• Act as an advocate for the highest code quality and ownership while contributing to the health of the infrastructure.

• Raise the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices while always seeking improvement and progress.

What you'll be bringing to the team:

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript and CSS-in-JS

• Knowledge of React.js, Next.js, or similar technologies

• Solid understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and solutions

• Experience developing in a back-end for frontend layer

• Familiarity with writing tests (e2e using Cypress) and ensuring the highest coding standards

• Communication skills in English

• Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Experience in the development of mobile-first applications

• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructures

• A keen eye for UI/UX design

• A Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or a related field

Who you are:

• We look for problem solvers that do not shy away from tackling complexity and love critical thinkers

• You have a strong will to learn, grow and get out of your comfort zone

• You have great energy and passion for technology

What’s in it for you:

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;

• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day;

• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy and healthy:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)

• Flexible working policy and unlimited paid time off (yes, you read that right)

• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services

• ​​Health and wellness benefit

• Volunteer day to be able to give back to society!

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

Lightspeed handles your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Statement.

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 are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to join one of our squads where you will be supporting Lightspeed’s Hospitality product group on the mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our advanced hospitality commerce platform.

You will be joining the team driving the Lightspeed L- and G-series products, which power hospitality businesses across Europe and help them deliver exceptional guest experiences. Our mission is to stay ahead of customer needs and evolving regulations, while at the same time modernizing our technology stack to ensure these products remain reliable, scalable, and future-ready.

You will join an international, independent and collaborative team, continuously improving our engineering practices, infrastructure and codebase, all while keeping it fun. Most importantly, your work will directly shape the daily experience of business owners and hospitality guests.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Working alongside some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, you will contribute to the L&G series product by building new features and improving the developer experience.

• Create and ship beautiful, elegant, and functional web applications

• Report to the Development Manager and have frequent interactions with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Platform Teams.

• Take part in daily agile ceremonies, brainstorm on innovative ideas that challenge the status quo, and implement solutions.

• Act as an advocate for the highest code quality and ownership while contributing to the health of the infrastructure.

• Embrace an AI-first development workflow, leveraging prompting to accelerate delivery while critically evaluating, refining, and iterating on AI-generated code.

• Raise the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices while always seeking improvement and progress.

Feel free to take a look at our Tech Stack here.

What you'll be bringing to the team:

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript and CSS

• Knowledge of React.js or similar technologies

• Ability to quickly navigate across multiple codebases using diverse frontend technologies (jQuery, Angular, React, ..)

• Solid understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and solutions

• Familiarity with writing unit & e2e tests and ensuring the highest coding standards

• Communication skills in English

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Experience in the development of mobile-first applications

• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructures and monitoring

• A keen eye for UI/UX design

Who you are:

• We look for problem solvers that do not shy away from tackling complexity and love critical thinkers

• You have a strong will to learn, grow and get out of your comfort zone

• You have great energy and passion for technology

What’s in it for you

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;

• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day;

• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy and healthy:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)

• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services

• ​​Health and wellness benefit

• Volunteer day to be able to give back to society!

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

Lightspeed handles your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Statement.

About the Role

You will work with the UI/UX framework team to build software components and tools that solve a variety of hard data analytics and enterprise problems. You will build high-performance front-end web applications to support analytics requirements and glue together various backend services to enable complete end-to-end workflows.

What You’ll Do

• Develop responsive front end applications using Vuejs JavaScript framework, HTML, CSS
• Integrate with APIs by defining the contract and also building out APIs when required
• Collaborate effectively with product owners, design, and platform teams to define specifications and deliver features iteratively
• Be passionate about code quality, security, testing and performance
• Work on features from end to end from design to launching it in production

Technologies You’ll Work With
Vuejs JavaScript framework, HTML, CSS

What You’ll Bring

• Full stack or front-end engineer with solid understanding of modern single-page web apps
• JavaScript with in-depth grasp on asynchronous programming
• 8+ years experience in building responsive applications
• 8+ years experience working with React/Angular/Vue.js or similar frameworks, developing single-page apps
• Working experience with build systems like gulp/grunt, webpack, continuous integration (Jenkins)
• Experience with relational database / NoSQL database is a plus
• Experience with one more scripting/programming language besides JavaScript is a plus
• BS in Computer Science or related engineering qualification
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

What You’ll Get 

• 18 paid vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
• Private medical coverage for you and up to four dependents
• Life, accident, and disability insurance with enhanced coverage
• Annual flexible wellbeing allowance for physical and mental wellness
• Free confidential counselling and coaching via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including legal and financial advice
• Meal, fuel, and transportation benefits based on work arrangement
• Daycare reimbursement and safe cab facility for eligible employees
• Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning