Job Description

Let\'s talk shop: Lightspeed is looking for a full-time Performance Test Engineer to join our Montreal team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for work with the development teams to help build highly resilient and scalable systems and mentor other members of the team with completing performance testing. They will work both independently and as part of teams to identify and remediate performance issues within the Lightspeed products, services, and underlying infrastructure. Using in-house and 3rd party tools to monitor and troubleshoot production systems. Write code, provide best practices, establish benchmarks and metrics, and advocate for prioritization of performance-related activities.

Here\'s a little song we wrote about you: Your love of performance testing goes hand in hand with your solid technical background. You\'re familiar with the unusual changes involved in assessing and communicating Agile software quality. You enjoy finding/solving performance problems and are willing to collaborate with a distributed development team to build products that solve real-world problems. You believe that quality is a state of mind, not a job description, and you know how to work within an agile team to coach the team and raise the bar.

Now we get to brag about us: Lightspeed provides retailers and restaurateurs the simplest way to build, manage, and grow their business while crafting a better customer experience. Lightspeed empowers small business owners with a complete overview of their business in one place - more than 50,000 businesses processing over $15 billion in transactions use Lightspeed\'s and eCommerce platforms for inventory, customer preferences, sales, and analytics. Founded in 2005 with offices in Canada, USA, and Europe, Lightspeed is backed by Accel Partners, iNovia Capital, Caisse de d\xc3\xa9p\xc3\xb4t et placement du Qu\xc3\xa9bec (CDPQ), and Investissement Qu\xc3\xa9bec (IQ). We\'re passionate about enabling people to do their best work. Come work with us and find out what you can do.

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams that are building our software to generate workloads and tools to understand and characterize system performance and scalability
• Work with the development, testing, and support teams to find and analyze performance bottlenecks and initiate discussions about improvements in architecture and underlying code
• Own development of automated performance test framework
• Develop, maintain and execute automated performance test cases
• Monitor/analyze/catalog the results and ensure that our product hits defined target goals for performance
• Analyze test results, debug problems, and perform root cause analysis where possible.
• Provide suggestions for code and/or infrastructure improvements where appropriate, and coordinate with team members as required
• Contribute to the ongoing efforts to refine and improve the company\'s test methodologies, software development processes, and internal testing tools
• Be an advocate for quality throughout the development process
• Train, coach, and mentor other members of the team on performance test tools, techniques, etc

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with agile development methodology
• Experience with test scripting/automation and also performance testing methodologies
• Experience with Cloud provider platforms like Google Cloud, AWS
• Experience with E2E Performance Testing Tools (K6, Blazemeter, Flow, \xe2\x80\xa6)
• Experience with collecting and analyzing performance metrics (Datadog, Grafana, time series, \xe2\x80\xa6)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a natural curiosity and attention to detail
• Experience with testing large scale database systems
• Experience with JavaScript/Typescript, Java, bash
• Experience with event-based systems (Kafka, pub/sub, SQS, \xe2\x80\xa6)
• Organized and reliable, able to efficiently run multiple tasks
• Great attitude and work ethics
• Strong verbal & written communication skills in English

Assets

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with security testing tools
• Experience with PCI compliance systems
• Working knowledge of retail terminology and concepts
• Understanding of agile development processes and practices
• Knowledge of Lightspeed or other POS products

What\'s in it for you

• Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
• You can also work from anywhere in the world for 60 days a year (consecutive or nonconsecutive). The choice is yours!
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story

\xe2\x80\xa6. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Health insurance.
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Volunteer day.
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work

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.

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 .

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 Montr\xc3\xa9al, 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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