Senior Android Engineering Manager, Kitchen Display System

Atlanta, GA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 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.

Job Description

The Kitchen Display System (KDS) team is part of Squares Food & Beverage organization which empowers restaurant businesses of all kinds to start run and grow through advanced workflows specialized products business insights and inclusion in the greater Square ecosystem. The KDS team owns our Kitchen Display System Android app which is a crucial part of a restaurant kitchens operations ensuring orders reach the kitchen and are prepared correctly.

The ideal candidate will have experience leading a team of senior Android engineers and collaborating with product managers designers and other engineering managers to create a cohesive product roadmap.

You will:

Lead mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team of 8-10 Android engineers
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management design and QA to define and prioritize project requirements and ensure successful project execution.
Drive the technical strategy and execution of the team by working with and through the engineers on the team.
Promote software engineering best practices (CI/CD testing code reviews monitoring) within the team
Foster a culture of engineering excellence and mentor engineers of all experience levels
Help contribute to a culture of positivity psychological safety and inclusivity within the team
Lead incident response for critical issues including crash analysis and performance debugging
Balance technical debt reduction with feature delivery to maintain long-term system health

You have:

3 years of people management experience leading a team of Android engineers
Strong Android development background before coming into management
Deep expertise in Android development including Kotlin Android SDK and modern Android architecture patterns
Track record of leading teams who successfully deliver complex customer-facing Android products at scale
Experience with Android performance optimization memory management and debugging
Excellent leadership communication and interpersonal skills able to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience building and growing engineering teams managing performance coaching engineers and scaling processes

Technologies we use and teach:

Kotlin for Android development leveraging Squares modern open source library Workflow
Espresso and Snapshot for testing
Protocol buffers for network transport
Gradle for our build environment
Also exposure to LeakCanary RXJava Dagger Mortar and Okhttp among others

Required Experience:

Manager