Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Platform

Company Description

Square builds common business tools in unconventional ways so more people can start, run, and grow their businesses. When Square started, it was difficult and expensive (or just plain impossible) for some businesses to take credit cards. Square made credit card payments possible for all by turning a mobile phone into a credit card reader. Since then Square has been building an entire business toolkit of both hardware and software products including Square Capital, Square Terminal, Square Payroll, and more. We’re working to find new and better ways to help businesses succeed on their own terms—and we’re looking for people like you to help shape tomorrow at Square.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Staff Developer Relations Engineer who is interested in working on Square Developer platform open source software and examples to empower developers to build solutions for Square sellers. We’re growing the Square Developer platform team as we expand and engage a broader section of the developer community. You’ll help showcase platform capabilities by helping make examples resonate with developers in multiple languages and frameworks. You will also play a crucial role of representing the voice of external developers internally and bringing their feedback into our current and upcoming product offerings. Come work on our open source software to empower the Square Developer community!
 

Qualifications

You will:

• Build and grow the Square Developer community

• Write and improve quality technical content that enables developers to understand and build on the platform

• Be the voice of Square in public forums, external videos, and events for developers building on Square's ecommerce platform

• Work cross-functionally with our product teams, many other engineering teams, and partner developers in the design and delivery of Square’s global developer platform

• Develop example applications that demonstrate the use of our platforms and SDKs

• Be an internal advocate for the community and communicate their needs

• Create new initiatives to build engagement with the developer community (e.g. hackathons, contests, etc)

You have:

• A desire to advocate for a remarkable developer experience

• Experience building and engaging communities

• Experience pursuing self directed side projects, research, or open source projects

• Delivered high quality technical content that engages developers

• Great communication and technical writing skills

• Enjoy diving into specs, API docs, and others’ code to prototype new things on your own

• Have experience building and deploying client-side and server-side applications to production environments

• Have expertise in at least one modern scripting language (i.e. Ruby, Python, PHP) and one compiled/typed language (i.e. Java, .NET/C#, C/C++)

• Be well-versed in RESTful web services

• Willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages

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 $198,000 - USD $297,000
Zone B: USD $188,100 - USD $282,100
Zone C: USD $178,200 - USD $267,400
Zone D: USD $168,300 - USD $252,500"                        

Additional Information

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 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees) 
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is als