Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack/Backend), Shift 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

Square Staff represents a suite of labor management, workforce management, payroll, and communications tools that enable sellers and their teams to succeed together. We provide valuable insights to sellers using data collected from our ecosystem with the goal of helping 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 provide 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. 

You will be focused on building and expanding our product suite to solve more seller needs related to scheduling, time tracking management, tips, wages, and commissions. You will help in brainstorming, design and implementation of seller facing features and help improve our partner integration infrastructure. You will report to an engineering manager and work with other engineers, designers, product managers and other teams to move quickly towards delivering and scaling a remarkable product for small business owners.  You will help us identify and deliver the initiatives, features and products for our existing and potential customers. Square Staff helps give our sellers the peace of mind that their business is running smoothly, even if they're not physically present.

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

You Will:

• Develop, and test scalable client software complex server, network, and hardware interactions.
• Design high availability, resilient systems which can operate no matter the network or device conditions.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives, often across team boundaries.
• Foster a culture with team members distributed across several locations.
• Collaborate with colleagues across engineering, product, design, and operations to provide end-to-end solutions.
• Capture and analyze metrics to lead informed decisions.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of product development, from early definition to planning through release and beyond.

Qualifications

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience developing production software
• 5+ years of experience building and working with APIs to deliver product features
• Advanced Degree in Computer Science or Equivalent experience in lieu of degree
• Experience leading or contributing to medium-to-large feature releases; 
• Experience building component-based web apps with modern JavaScript front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Angular, or Ember).
• Natural curiosity and desire to build products our merchants depend on.

Technologies we use and teach:

• Front End: ES6 JavaScript, ReactJS, EmberJS
• Backend: Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, Java

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