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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to join our Engineering team in Sydney. You will be responsible for championing the growth and development of engineering talent by fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high-performing environment. Lead with empathy and resilience, ensuring individuals are empowered to thrive while contributing to collective success.
What you’ll be doing:
- You will be coaching, mentoring, guiding, and motivating a team of hard working engineers from all backgrounds. You’ll be responsible for all aspects of people management—from hiring, onboarding, and training to career development and performance reviews—using practices like effective 1:1s, pair programming, collaborative design sessions, and structured training opportunities.
- Create a high-trust environment that enables engineers to deliver high-quality software through strong feedback loops, modern engineering practices, and a focus on continuous improvement. You’ll maintain stakeholder alignment through demos, retrospectives, and blameless post-incident reviews.
- Partner with product, design, and other business units to ensure effective prioritisation, delivery, and impact of engineering work.
- Take ownership of key engineering metrics—such as PR cycle time, defect rates, and incident response—using them to identify areas for improvement, guide team practices, and drive continuous delivery of value.
- Foster the thoughtful adoption of AI in software development practices, ensuring the team leverages emerging tools and techniques responsibly to boost productivity, code quality, and innovation. Stay ahead of industry trends to bring valuable advancements into the engineering process.
- Continuously refine and champion engineering best practices—covering areas like code quality, testing, documentation, and design reviews—ensuring the team adopts modern, pragmatic approaches that improve delivery and maintainability.
And a little bit of…
- Leading by example with occasional hands-on coding to support the team and stay connected to the technical challenges they face.Â
- Contributing beyond your immediate team to wider organisational objectives, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to take on responsibilities outside the strict boundaries of your role when it helps the business succeed.
What you need to bring:
We're looking for an experienced candidate who has experience with the following:
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing engineers, including coaching, performance management, and career development.
- Proven experience learning from both success and failure, enabling you to make better, balanced decisions grounded in real-world outcomes.
- Deep hands-on experience with major systems in one or more programming languages, ideally with exposure to building and scaling SaaS products.
- Adaptability and resilience, with a track record of building, changing, and evolving practices to meet the needs of a growing organisation.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to nurture relationships across Product, Design, QA, and business teams.
- Awareness of emerging technologies and practices (including AI in development workflows) and the ability to guide teams in evaluating and adopting them responsibly.
- Experience within a similar industry (SaaS, Hospo tech, payments or e-commerce) is beneficial but not essential.
We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!
Be a changemaker
You’ll enjoy:
- A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work
- A culture that celebrates performance
- The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard
- Career-defining opportunities
Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.
- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Flexible working policy
- Work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 days per year
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
- Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
- Paid leave and assistance for new parents
- LinkedIn Learning license
- Volunteer day
- Dog friendly environment
- Rooftop with dining space and BBQ facilities
- Self-service cafe-style kitchen and fully stocked fridge, pantry & bar
- Weekly catered lunches for the entire office
- Exciting events hosted regularly by our Sydney Culture Club
- Brand new office space located in Redfern, NSW
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).
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