Staff Product Designer, Retail Classic

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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 Staff Product Designer to join our Retail point-of-sale design team in Montreal. You'll design for products that tens of thousands of merchants rely on every single day to run their stores - where a confusing flow isn't an inconvenience, it's a line of customers at the counter. Design at this scale is a different sport: every improvement lands with enormous reach, and every decision has to earn the trust of people whose livelihood runs through our software.

This is a role for a designer who finds the hard problems more interesting than the shiny ones: simplifying deeply established workflows without breaking what merchants depend on, finding elegant solutions within real technical constraints, and knowing when familiarity is a feature - and when it's holding users back.

Location: Montreal (HQ) preferred, working in-office alongside the team; open to other locations in eastern Canada.

What you'll be doing:

• Own end-to-end design for core point-of-sale experiences - from problem framing through polished, shipped product - and be accountable for their quality and outcomes.

• Make complicated flows feel simple: distill dense, high-frequency merchant workflows into clear, fast, confidence-inspiring experiences.

• Design with real-world constraints as creative fuel - partnering closely with engineering to find solutions that are both excellent and feasible in mature, at-scale systems.

• Ground decisions in evidence: drive your own research and testing with real merchants, so improvements are built on how people actually work, not assumptions.

• Think in systems: strengthen consistency across the wider point-of-sale portfolio, contributing patterns and improvements back to our shared design system.

• Multiply the team: mentor other designers, raise the bar through critique, and bring a point of view that makes the work around you better.

• Put AI to work in your craft - using modern tools to explore, prototype, and validate faster, and modelling new ways of working for the team.

What you need to bring:

• 8+ years of product design experience at product-driven tech companies, with measurable impact on shipped products.

• A portfolio that shows strong fundamentals, polished UI craft, and complex workflows made simple.

• Experience designing for mature, at-scale products - and the judgment to know when to simplify, when to modernize, and when to leave well enough alone.

• A track record of partnering with engineering to navigate technical constraints and still ship excellent work.

• Fluency with prototyping and research methods to validate decisions and shape product direction.

• Active use of AI tools in your design workflow, and curiosity about how they're changing the craft.

• Strong communication skills - able to build alignment with cross-functional, global partners.

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.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies

• Equity options, because this is your company too

• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters

• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career

• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best

• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community

• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams

• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook

• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you-all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

At Lightspeed, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your skill set, qualifications, experience, and market data. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We reasonably expect the total compensation for this position to be in the range of $150,000 - $170,000 CAD. Lightspeed also provides a variety of employee benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off.

Please note that this compensation information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within Ontario and reflects the amount Lightspeed is willing to pay at the time of this posting. This role represents an existing vacancy at Lightspeed. Lightspeed uses artificial intelligence-enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by our recruiting and hiring teams.

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). 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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