Staff Software Engineer (Backend), Invoices

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

Square Invoices is the easiest way for merchants to close sales and collect payments remotely. Our customers rely on our products because they are well-designed, easy to use, and integrated with their business. We are a full-stack product oriented team, spanning across engineering, design, product, data science, and marketing. You'll implement management’s  roadmap and strategy decisions and will play a critical role in helping the team accomplish our industry-leading growth goals.

Our team is focused, fast-moving, and rapidly growing with an abundance of growth and impact opportunities. We focus on building the best tools to help our merchants close sales and get paid quickly, anywhere, at any time. At the same time, we are doing this in an efficient and scalable way, making smart choices about how to automate critical functions for our merchants.

https://squareup.com/invoices

As a Tech Lead on the Invoices team, you will lead the Platform pod in the Core Payments team within the broader Invoices organization.

You Will:

• Oversee a critical squad for our core Invoicing business, provide technical guidance and direction to the platform squad, ensuring alignment with overall platform strategy and best practices
• Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex software systems and migrations (often crossing organizational boundaries)
• Actively contribute to the codebase as an individual contributor, ensuring high-quality software and efficient development processes
• Participate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring high-quality deliverables
• Develop and maintain project plans, including resource allocation, and timelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to manage dependencies, ensuring timely delivery of projects
• Communicate progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management, providing recommendations for mitigation and resolution
• Mentor and support the professional development of sub-team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Drive innovation and identify opportunities for process improvements and new technologies to enhance the platform's capabilities
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners, promoting collaboration and effective communication
• Act as a technical point of contact for the sub-team, addressing any questions, concerns or challenges that may arise

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role
• Strong technical execution skills with a proven record of leading large multi-year projects to success
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices including software development methodologies, such as Agile, and Scrum
• Experience with cloud-based technologies and platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. We use AWS
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage relationships with internal and external partners
• Strong at dependency management. 
  • Able to work with large amounts of stakeholders and navigate organizational complexity
  • Experience holding stakeholder teams accountable and pushing them as needed to drive deliverables forward
• Able to thrive in a bottoms up environment. Self starter who does not need