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Lightspeed Financial Services is looking for a Software Development Manager in North America to grow and lead our technical team within the Financial Services organization.
Reporting to the Director of Financial Services Foundations, you will help us lead, mentor and grow a high-performing software development team and cultivate an inclusive, inspiring working culture. Under your guidance, developers will deliver Financial Services products and services that are mission-critical to Lightspeed’s long-term vision and growth.
We are looking for a leader with a solid, demonstrable technical background, who can earn the respect of developers with their knowledge and experience. You will have a proven track record of supporting, mentoring, leading and growing a development team, and of delivering high-scale cloud-based software systems. You will enjoy problem-solving and removing blockers to the team’s progress, and will have experience collaborating with Product teams and customer stakeholders. You will be an effective and clear communicator who can direction-set and track team delivery in a distributed, fast-moving and rapidly-changing agile environment.
For this role, you should be located in Canada, and able to work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote or fully office-based work environments (in cities with local offices).
What you’ll be responsible for
Guiding, motivating and growing a team of software developers as they solve complex problems in the Financial Services domain
Directly and indirectly managing a team through collaboration with, and mentorship of a Technical Lead Staff Engineer
Working closely with architects,



Product teams, engineering leadership and stakeholders to align on team priorities and roadmaps
Identifying, communicating and removing impediments and risks to delivery, within the team and across Financial Services as a whole
Planning and furthering the professional growth of individual team members, including 1-1s, performance reviews, ongoing feedback, goal-setting and promotions
Reporting up to engineering leadership and stakeholders on team progress and status
Finding and hiring top talent for your team and the wider organization
Providing technical and process guidance to the team during delivery
What you’ll be bringing to the team
Experience leading a team of developers through successful delivery of software products
Experience delivering microservice-driven, scalable, cloud-based applications
Strong working knowledge of Java or Type Script or Ruby or Python
Professional experience in agile development and continuous delivery best practices
Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Ability to personally coach, mentor and drive individuals and overall teams
Strong passion for continuous learning and improvement
A quality-driven mindset with a focus on software scalability and resilience
Some additional things that would be a bonus
Experience in the Payments domain
Experience in building scalable Saa S solutions




Solid knowledge of cloud services (AWS and GCP in particular)
Project Management or Scrum master experience, or formal training
Experience in test automation and/or Dev Ops engineering
Who you are
A leader with strong people skills who can manage and represent your team
A teacher and mentor helping individuals to grow and reach their full potential
A communicator who can clearly convey requirements, best practices and status updates to both technical and non-technical audiences
A problem-solver who embraces tackling complexity and removing roadblocks
A decisive decision-maker who can handle change and ambiguity
What is in for you
Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
Opportunity to help shape the future of a new Product from technical, process and organizational perspectives
Development of global products
Exposure to modern and proven technology
Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set
Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
Opportunity to join a rapid-paced, high-growth company
Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family
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 bus

📌 Software development manager (Winnipeg)
🏢 Lightspeed
📍 Winnipeg