Senior Software Engineer, Merchant Engineering

Company Description

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.

Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

Job Description

As Square expands, its business from supporting small to midsize businesses (SMBs) to large enterprise merchants after acquiring Afterpay. The focus of our team is to expand and build innovative payment solutions for large enterprise merchants. Enterprise merchants benefit from our solutions to expand their customer base, increase sales conversion and more.

As a Software Engineer on the Enterprise Merchant team, you will help invent, design, build, and maintain merchant-centric payment products that large merchants will use on their websites as well as in their physical stores. You will also contribute to collaborative projects across the wider Afterpay<>Square<>Cash ecosystem. Lastly, you will be deeply involved in the technical details of building highly available and reliable services in the merchant domain, while also working with product teams to help Square to rapidly build new capabilities for enterprise merchants all over the world. 

You will:

• Expand and maintain our Enterprise Merchant products, which provide innovative payment solutions for large merchants.
• Integrate with other enterprise merchant payment solutions, serving as a payment provider.
• Build systems to integrate large merchants with the Cash App and Square ecosystem.
• Design and implement high-volume, low-latency, distributed transaction processing systems.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to the direction of the team
• Work with our product, business, and finance teams to develop Square's global enterprise merchant strategy

Qualifications

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of industry experience designing and building customer-facing APIs using Java or an equivalent language
• Experience with complex distributed systems that require high throughput and reliability
• Experience with and an understanding of how to successfully work on complex projects, breaking down the work into components and milestones that can easily be picked up by other engineers
• Interest in changing the payments landscape in the US and globally

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $167,300 - USD $204,500
Zone B: USD $158,900 - USD $194,300
Zone C: USD $150,600 - USD $184,000
Zone D: USD $142,200 - USD $173,800

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the e