Software Engineer, Payment Pricing & Cost Platform

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 processes billions of dollars worth of transactions every year. At that scale, even small optimizations can lead to huge business impact. Payment Pricing & Cost Platform makes data-driven improvements to core payment profitability by focusing on pricing and cost of a payment. This work has a direct impact on Square’s profitability and financial success. The team's engineers work together closely with data scientists and analysts. It offers competitive pricing optionality that serves all Square sellers, provides understandable and predictable pricing and supports reliable and transparent costs.

We are looking for a senior backend Software Engineer to help us expand our pricing and cost solutions and scale our platform. As a senior member of the team, you will:

• Design scalable and reliable systems that solve the problems related to pricing, and costs.

• Implement the designed solutions and new features and optimize them

• Work cross-functionally with our product, business, and finance teams to develop Square’s global payments strategy

• Grow as an engineer and lift others around you in the process by providing technical mentorship and guidance

• Help contribute to a culture of positivity, psychological safety, and inclusivity

Qualifications

You have:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical, working experience (5+ years preferred)

• Experience in working cross-functionally and building architecting data-driven solutions

• Innate curiosity and a desire to be responsible for all aspects of reliably moving billions of dollars in a small, highly focused team

• Understanding and curiosity in creating highly available, scalable, low-latency data systems

• Interest in changing the payments landscape in the US and globally

Technologies we use:

• Java, Python, Ruby

• Guice, Guava, gRPC, Protocol Buffers

• MySQL, Aurora, Airflow, Tensorflow, Kafka, Google Cloud Platform, AWS

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 $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

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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 pe