Staff Software Engineer, Square for Franchises

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

Better supporting complex organizations is a key part of Squares plans to move upmarket. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to partner with the Franchise Suites 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.

You Will

• 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.

You Have

• 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

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