LightSpeed Retail

Staff Product Designer, Retail Classic

LightSpeed Retail$150K — $170K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of product design experience at tech companies with measurable impact on products.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating polished UI craft and simplification of complex workflows.
  • Experience with mature, at-scale products and the judgment to discern when to simplify or modernize.
  • History of collaboration with engineering to navigate technical constraints while delivering quality work.
  • Fluency in prototyping and research methods for informed decision-making.
  • Active use of AI tools in design workflows and interest in their impact on the craft.
  • Strong communication skills for alignment with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end design for core point-of-sale experiences, ensuring product quality and outcomes.
  • Simplify complicated workflows for merchants, enhancing user experience.
  • Collaborate with engineering to creatively tackle real-world constraints.
  • Conduct research and testing with merchants to ground design decisions in evidence.
  • Strengthen consistency across the point-of-sale portfolio, contributing back to the design system.
  • Mentor team members and enhance work quality through constructive critique.
  • Leverage AI tools to explore and prototype designs efficiently.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off and remote work options.
  • Equity options to share in the company's success.
  • Pension plan contributions to secure your future.
  • Continuous training opportunities for skill and career growth.
  • Health and wellness credits to support personal well-being.
  • Volunteer time off to engage with the community.
  • Employee-led networks and social committees for enhanced workplace culture.
  • Computer purchase program to acquire personal technology.
  • Enhanced parental leave for supporting growing families.
Full Job Description
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.

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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.

About LightSpeed Retail

LightSpeed Retail is a cloud-based point-of-sale and e-commerce software provider for retailers and restaurateurs. The company was founded in 2005 by Dax Dasilva and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. LightSpeed Retail's platform allows businesses to manage their inventory, process transactions, and analyze sales data. The company's mission is to help businesses grow by providing them with the tools they need to succeed. LightSpeed Retail has raised over $290 million in funding from investors such as Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, iNovia Capital, and Accel Partners.
Learn more about LightSpeed Retail
Size
1,000 employees
Market Cap
$18.4 billion
Industry
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
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