Staff Android Engineer, Food & Beverage - Printing
Staff Android Engineer, Food & Beverage - Printing
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Job 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 wouldnt 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 book appointments engage loyal buyers and hire and pay staff. Across it all weve 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. Were building a significant meaningful and lasting business and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.
The Role
The Food & Beverage (F&B) team at Square empowers restaurant businesses of all kinds to start run and grow their businesses through advanced workflows specialized products business insights and inclusion in the greater Square everything we build we focus on efficiency automation and reliability: themes of paramount importance in a fast-paced environment where great hospitality is key.
Were seeking a Staff Android engineer to join the Back of House team which encompasses the Kitchen Display System (KDS) and printed paper tickets. Printers are the lifeblood of restaurants. On any given day printers are used twenty times more often than Point of Sale (POS) terminals and when they stop working the restaurant stops working. Youll be responsible for making sure that doesnt happen. Youll be a technical representative for systems that handle complex printing workflows ranging from sellers with one printer to sellers with many printers and many sources of incoming orders. Youll also work closely with other engineers and cross-functional partners to ensure our applications are maintainable and capable of meeting the diverse needs of our merchants. Youll play a pivotal role in enhancing the performance and reliability of our Android solutions directly impacting millions of users worldwide.
You Will
- Collaborate with product managers designers and engineers across teams to deliver high-quality scalable features
- Participate in the full lifecycle of product development from early definition engineering design and architecture coordination planning risk management feature release and continued iteration
- Identify and drive improvements in our Android development processes and tools contributing to the technical roadmap
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers fostering a culture of learning and innovation
- Architect and improve the Squares printer architecture to support diverse merchant workflows
- Identify debug and solve deep complex technical problems that cross organizational boundaries
- Champion best practices in Android development ensuring code quality performance and maintainability
- Proactively identify and advocate for strategic technical initiatives building alignment with peers and leadership
- Participate in and lead incident response including on-call rotations and post-mortem processes
- Move between the Tech Lead and Solver archetypes spending time guiding the execution of the team while maintaining hands on time actively in or around code (be that Kotlin Java SQL LookML etc.)
- Define ways to accelerate yourself others and the organization through the use of AI technologies
You Have
- 12 years of Android development experience. We make heavy use of Kotlin Workflow and Jetpack Compose
- Proven experience in leading complex Android projects at scale
- Strong collaboration skills with experience working across team and organizational boundaries to deliver cohesive user-focused solutions
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading by influence
- A passion for building mobile products at all levels from the low level architectural decisions to the individual pixels and overall product experience
- A track record of being self-directed innovative and biased towards action in a fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries
- Excellence in technical communication and relationship building across disciplines
Were working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and fair chance ordinances. We believe in being fair and are committed to an inclusive interview experience including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what were doing to build a workplace that is fair and square Check out our ID page.
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
