Square is seeking a Staff Android engineer to join the Back of House team, which focuses on the Kitchen Display System (KDS) and printed paper tickets. The primary challenge is to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the printing systems, which are critical to restaurant operations. The role involves architecting and improving Square's printer architecture to handle complex workflows and diverse merchant needs, ensuring that printers function seamlessly even in high-demand environments.
Requirements
- 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
Responsibilities
- Architect and improve the Square's 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
Other
- 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
- Excellence in technical communication and relationship building across disciplines
