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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might be in the right place!
We’re looking for a talented Software Development Team Lead to guide and grow our Agent OC Squad—a new team focused on building and scaling AI-powered systems using LLMs, agent frameworks, and related technologies. The team works on a mix of internal tools, product-facing AI features, and enablement efforts that help other teams adopt AI across Lightspeed.
You’ll play a key leadership role while staying hands-on. You’ll guide a team of backend engineers, work directly on backend systems (Java or Python), and help define and deliver practical AI solutions. As a leader, your focus will be to grow your team, support clear delivery, and bring solid engineering practices to an evolving and fast-moving domain.
This is a hands-on leadership role. We’re looking for someone with strong engineering leadership experience who has also applied LLMs or AI technologies in real-world systems—whether building user-facing AI features or integrating intelligent capabilities into backend services.

EVEN BETTER IF YOU HAVE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH (BUT NOT NECESSARY):

• Building SaaS products at scale or in a multi-tenant architecture
• Developer productivity or internal enablement tooling
• Observability, performance monitoring, and security best practices
• Vector databases, embeddings, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

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.
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• Be the trusted lead and partner of a development team of 5–6 engineers, supporting their growth and day-to-day work
• Guide the design and delivery of AI-powered tools, APIs, and services that use LLMs and agent frameworks
• Stay hands-on: review code, contribute to system design, and lead by example
• Foster a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive team culture
• Ensure high-quality, maintainable backend systems—primarily in Java (Spring Boot) or Python
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders to align strategy and execution
• Drive technical decision-making and help define the squad’s roadmap in an emerging domain
• Continuously improve delivery processes, development practices, and team health
• Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting strong engineering talent