Design Technologist - Growth, Appointments

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

For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio/work samples.

Square is looking for a Design Technologist to join the Growth Squad within our Square Appointments team.

You will build interactive digital experiences for growth marketing - focusing on building products, web pages, emails, and experiments to increase the benefit for our sellers. You will help bring technology to the creative process, and use your experience telling seller stories to bring remarkable front-end interactions to life through impactful creative.

You are well-versed in a mix of front-end development and prototyping platforms, and know how to select the most suitable tool for the task. You write flexible code that can be iterated upon, and pride yourself on being up-to-date with the latest best practices. Thriving on exploration and experimentation, you are at the heart of co-creating ideas and bringing them to life. You have skills that compliment your application of technology, including but never limited to: a precise eye for intelligent UX, great design, and cross-team collaboration. You will report to a Web Engineering Lead.

This position is remote from the United States or Canada.

You Will:

• Participate in concept development iteration, partnering on projects from idea generation, to design, all the way to implementation.
• Take creative direction and expand on concept ideas for tactics, with a solid and active contribution in creative reviews.
• Lead hands-on technical development, from prototypes to final launch/G2M production code.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Product Design, Engineering, and Creative peers.
• Present ideas or prototypes to client marketing and technical audiences.
• Work creatively through and around perceived limitations imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful customer experiences.
• Evaluate and document any creative and engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work.

Qualifications

You Have:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Front-end development skills – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks
• 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
• Experience with digital marketing, advertising, and understanding metrics
• Advocate for technology and choosing the right tool for the job
• Familiarity with modern design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)

Even Better

• Experience with email/CMS tools including Iterable, Optimizely, and Contentful
• Experience with modern frameworks including Ember and React

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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<