Senior Android Engineer, Square Banking

Seattle, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 Banking Mobile team is a mobile development team focused on delivering high quality and seamless banking experiences. The team is responsible for both the mobile product surface for all of Squares banking products and also a backend service that orchestrates service APIs to power our banking products. You will design develop and maintain functionality for Squares entire Banking product ecosystem. You will collaborate with other mobile and backend engineers plus our product and design teams to ensure that millions of merchants have a remarkable and reliable experience banking with Square. Mobile is a high priority for the Square Banking organization.

You Will

Lead the architecture design and implementation of critical features within our Banking product suite.
Represent the team in architectural discussions and stakeholder conversations serving as a bridge between our team and the broader organization.
Help shape the future of our codebase by building flexible extendable and reusable components.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence and mentor engineers of all experience levels.
Hold yourself and your teammates to the highest standard of engineering excellence with unwavering attention to product reliability.
Work with product managers designers and data scientists to shape the future of Banking at Square.
Help contribute to a culture of positivity psychological safety and inclusivity within the team.
Mentor other engineers on Android best practices and architectural patterns
Contribute to the technical direction of our Android codebase
Use AI tools to accelerate the impact of yourself and your team.

You Have

Relevant Bachelors degree (or equivalent practical experience) plus 8 years experience in Android software development.
Strong technical problem-solving skills with a proven track record of debugging and resolving complex technical issues
Experience building and shipping substantial features in production Android applications
Deep understanding of Android architecture patterns lifecycle management and performance optimization
Track record of mentoring other engineers and providing technical leadership within a team
Understanding of payment systems and point of sale workflows is valuable but not required
(optionally) Backend service engineering experience

Technologies We Use and Teach

Kotlin for mobile and backend development leveraging Squares modern open source library Workflow
Espresso and Snapshot for testing
Vendor SDKs Service APIs and Protocol Buffers
Gradle for our build environment
AI tools including Goose and Cursor
We also use LeakCanary RXJava Dagger Mortar and Okhttp among others

Required Experience:

Senior IC