Staff Software Engineer, for Franchises

Staff Software Engineer, Square for Franchises

Better supporting complex organizations is a key part of Square's plans to move upmarket. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to partner with the Franchise Suite's 30+ person engineering team in articulating and leading the execution of the Franchise Suite multi-year technical strategy. You will establish operation principles and a culture of engineering excellence and help build a reliable and scalable product for our most strategic sellers, while engaging with partner teams across the company in service of our team and organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Identify technical and architectural end states for the product, and influence/evolve the code base in those directions.
• Drive impact through technical leadership and mentorship across the team.
• Refactor and uplift existing systems and build new services, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability and performance.
• Creatively solve challenging technical problems at scale.
• Partner closely with engineering managers, product managers, product engineers, and business leads to define our roadmap.
• Be an agent of change and a champion for technical excellence, inspiring teams to embrace a culture of continuous improvement.
• Raise the engineering bar through mentorship, code/design review, and stewardship of best practices around testing, monitoring, accessibility, and security.
• Foster an inclusive engineering culture rooted in learning, growth, and psychological safety.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and operating quality software
• 1+ years of tactical and strategic leadership experience on medium/large-scale migration projects
• Technical initiative and leadership on previous projects
• Desire to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them
• Strong communication skills

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Backend: NodeJS with NestJS and Typescript, Java
• MongoDB, Redis and RabbitMQ

Equal Opportunity and Hiring Practices

We're building an inclusive economy where customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these values in our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently based on the core competencies required for the role, without regard to any legally protected class. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. If you need accommodations, please share them with your recruiter.

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process: We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws. For questions about hiring practices or data usage, please contact

Every benefit we offer is designed to help you do your best work while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are among our offerings. Check out our other benefits at Block. Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each brand unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming how customers manage spending over time. TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto are additional products under the Block umbrella. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.

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Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

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