Senior Software Engineer (Cloud/Web) - Developer Experience

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

Developer Experience is a growing internal team that serves developers working with Square hardware devices. We develop internal software, firmware tools, test software infrastructure, and developer infrastructure to serve our internal customer teams. Some of our customer teams are the Android OS, embedded software, factory, and testrack teams.

As a Software Engineer on Developer Experience (DX), you will split your time between multiple workstreams on our team, roughly 60% managed development environments, 30% internal web tools, and 10% supporting our hardware testing infrastructure customers. You will be reporting to the engineering manager for the team.

You will be:

• Building and maintaining our local and cloud developer environments
• Driving the development of and maintaining internal-facing web applications
• Supporting stakeholder teams by providing technical support and triaging issues related to the tools DX owns
• Work with other engineers, designers, and product managers to develop excellent product experiences.
• Overseeing the entirety of your features; including component design, implementation, automated testing, and rollout.
• Holding yourself, and your teammates accountable to the standards of engineering that enables Square to safely move billions of dollars in payments and allow our customers to trust us with their sensitive data.

Qualifications

You have:

• 5+ years of relevant software development (or additional academic) experience.
• A familiarity with using Git for version control
• Experience in cloud technologies like Terraform, Docker, Packer, and AWS (especially EC2)
• Experience with frontend languages like JavaScript/TypeScript and scripting languages like Python
• The ability and passion to discover and drive projects that increase developer velocity
• The ability to collaborate within the team and with adjacent teams

Even better if you have experience with the following:

• Coder (coder.com)
• Linux
• Salt
• Vagrant
• React
• Web Assembly
• AOSP (Android Open Source Project) development
• A wide range of software development experience ranging from web applications, command line tooling, data visualization, automated testing, and continuous integration & continuous delivery.

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
Zone D: USD $142,200 - USD $173,800

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 fin