Engineering Manager, Team Management

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 has grown, so have our sellers – going from businesses with just a few employees to many (sometimes hundreds or thousands!). Square Staff represents access management, labor management, payroll, and communications tools that enable business owners, managers, and employees to thrive together. We provide valuable insights to sellers using data from our ecosystem to help them make informed decisions about their workforce. We aspire to eliminate the hours of weekly drudgery that sellers and team members expend, staying aligned and providing tools to build better relationships between employers and employees. We are building the most intelligent back office software available anywhere, boosted by our ecosystem of data, 360-degree view of the business, and direct relationship with all team members. Square Staff helps give our sellers the peace of mind that their business is running smoothly, even if they're not physically present.

As an Engineering Manager on the team, you will be responsible for driving the technical direction of the team, managing product goals, and contributing to product strategy. You will work with leaders across the company and collaborate with world-class product managers and designers to move quickly towards delivering and scaling a remarkable product for small business owners. Operating with scale and speed, we’re proud to have built an exceptional team of engineers who can have the largest impact for our existing and potential customers – and as a manager, you guide the way.

To learn more about the Square Staff products: https://squareup.com/us/en/staff 

Qualifications

You will:

• Help set broad direction and vision for the team while implementing delightful experiences for our sellers
• Build a world-class team by coaching and developing your team, cultivating pragmatic engineering decision-making, and leveraging your technical expertise to raise the bar constantly.
• Lead and participate in critical technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across our product and operations.
• Own the success of your team's product and deliver quantifiable results in a timely manner.
• Build systems, services, and product features across multiple platforms that have an immediate impact on customers.

Qualifications

You have:

• 7+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of experience managing teams of up to 10 engineers
• Experience in managing full-stack teams, including senior ICs and potential leaders
• Strong technical background in developing user-facing products.
• Experience in building products or plugins/add-ons for a distributed ecosystem
• Ability to lead and cultivate a sense of ownership, accountability & urgency in the team
• Experience collaborating with engineering leaders and cross-functional team members
• Ability to provide technical mentorship and guidance to the team

Technologies we use and teach

• iOS - Swift
• Android - Kotlin

• Kotlin, Java, Ruby on Rails
• React, Ember.js
• MySQL, DynamoDB 

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 base