Front End Software Engineer, Marketing

Company Description

Since we first opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely—and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take a payment 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, omni-channel solutions—to help sellers run a busy store, deepen customer relationships, sell online, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff.

Today, we’re a partner to sellers of all sizes—enterprise-scale businesses with complex commerce operations, sellers just starting out, and merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers scale, so do our solutions. We all grow together. 

There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a business that is big, meaningful, and lasting. And we are helping sellers around the world do the same.

Job Description

For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio/work samples.
As a Design Technologist on the Square Point of Sale Creative team, you'll merge the roles of design and engineering, bringing innovative creative concepts to life. In a Design Technologist role, you will need a passion for both design and technical skills. You'll work on a broad range of digital needs from product marketing experiences to informational pages that are both beautiful and highly usable. 

You can act as a bridge between the Design team and our cross-functional partners helping to ensure both design fidelity as well as technical feasibility. You will collaborate with creative peers to prototype, test and execute custom web experiences that allow our sellers to learn, use, and adopt our products. 

As much as we are focused on the work, we are constantly improving the ways we work. In addition to working on projects that aim to improve the seller experience across web channels, our team also looks for opportunities to leverage technology to super-charge the design process through building internal tools to yield a more efficient workflow.

You will also work with teams across Square to understand best practices and solve problems in a scalable and future-proof way. The ideal candidate has previous experience working in an agency and/or internal creative departments with a focus on digital and web technologies.

You will

• Participate in concept development iteration, partnering on projects from ideation and design through implementation.
• Take creative direction and expand on concept ideas with a solid and active contribution in creative reviews.
• Own hands-on technical development, from prototypes coming out of ideation through to final launch/G2M production code.
• Contribute and consult on discussions about the digital aspects of creative campaigns.
• Present ideas or prototypes to both creative marketing / technical audiences.
• Work creatively through and around perceived limitations and challenges imposed by the delivery platforms
• Evaluate and document any creative and engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Front-end development – HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, and modern tooling
• Back-end development – Familiarity of Ruby, Java, or other back-end languages
• Familiarity building in and working with CMS's
• Portfolio of work that displays design, high-fidelity animation, motion, iconography, typography, color, and imagery
• Understanding of web standards, browser performance, and best practices
• Passion for digital marketing, advertising, and understanding metrics
• Advocate for technology and choosing the right tool for the job
• Familiarity with modern design tools (Figma, Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D)

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 $152,100 - USD $185,900
Zone B: USD $144,500 - USD $176,700
Zone C: USD $136,900 - USD $167,300
Zone D: USD $129,300 - USD $158,100

US and Canada EEOC Statement

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consi