Golang / Go Job: Senior/Staff Golang Engineer

Senior/Staff Golang Engineer at Lightspeed

🇳🇱 Netherlands › Amsterdam   (Posted Apr 27 2025)

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Job description
Lightspeed is a one-stop commerce platform that empowers merchants around the world to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our culture is driven by shared values and initiatives that support our employees, we encourage a work-life that works for everyone. Your happiness, whether you're working, hustling, or vacationing, is at the core of our company.

The Team

We are the eCommerce business unit and our goal is to enable merchants to grow their businesses. As Lightspeed grows, we are bringing and integrating the Lightspeed ecosystem including payments, shipping, and other services to help our merchants build the most unique experience for their customers.

The Job

We're looking for a Staff/Senior Software Engineer specializing in Golang to join one of our development teams, focusing on the Lightspeed Omnichannel product. As our Golang expert, you'll work across products in a multi-language environment that includes Java and Kotlin. Your time will be spent architecting scalable solutions, writing high-performance Go code, designing distributed systems, authoring RFCs to drive larger changes, and mentoring other engineers.

You will have the opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in the company, making a significant impact on the fastest-growing part of Lightspeed while helping shape our technical direction for the future.

What you’ll be doing:

Building high-performance microservices in Golang while contributing to our flagship platforms built with Java and Kotlin
Developing clean, idiomatic Go code with a focus on concurrency and scalability, while maintaining high standards across our multi-language codebase
Collaborating as part of a team (squad) to deliver product features and functionality, bridging communication between different technology stacks
Engaging with our product managers, senior developers, and other stakeholders to drive technical decisions and architecture improvements
Growing your expertise in Golang best practices while expanding your knowledge of Java/Kotlin ecosystems and distributed systems

What you need to bring:

Senior-level work experience with Golang, specializing in concurrent programming and microservices
High proficiency with Java and Kotlin
Strong experience with Relational databases and NoSQL (PostgreSQL, Redis)
Track record of writing performant, maintainable code across different languages
Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
Strong drive, communication skills, and ownership mindset
Full working proficiency in English

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

Experience with AWS
Frontend experience with Vue and React
Familiarity with gRPC, protocol buffers, and GraphQL
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
Knowledge of eCommerce / POS systems

What’s in it for you

Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and the possibility of remote work
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.
Benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
Development of very high-traffic products used at the global scale
Exposure to modern and proven technology
Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family

and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
20 legal + 5 extra-legal paid vacation days
Pension contribution and holiday allowance
Health and wellness benefit of 400€ per year
Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
Paid leave and assistance for new parents
Language classes & LinkedIn Learning license
Volunteer day
Transit allowance
Food & drinks, daily office lunch
Yoga & Bootcamp classes
Central office in the heart of Amsterdam
Relocation package

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