Square's Local Services team needs to build tools for businesses that sell time, expertise, and services, supporting Square Appointments and Square Invoices. The Staff Software Engineer will define technical direction, drive architecture, and mentor engineers to build reliable, scalable systems that impact hundreds of thousands of service-based businesses by improving scheduling, invoicing, and payments.
Requirements
- Expertise in large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language
- Full development lifecycle experience, from definition to delivery
- Experience delivering user-facing products at scale with high quality
- Background in scheduling, payments, or invoicing solutions
- Strong record of building business-critical products in commerce or services ecosystems
- Languages: Ruby, Java; Databases: MySQL, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Redis; Infrastructure: Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, Envoy; Platforms: AWS and other cloud services
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve Square's Invoices, Appointments, and other Local Services products
- Lead cross-team initiatives and set long-term technical direction
- Solve complex performance, scalability, and reliability challenges
- Balance system health, security, and technical debt with product needs
- Mentor senior+ engineers and champion technical excellence across the team
- Communicate trade-offs clearly and influence organizational priorities
Other
- 12+ years of software development experience
- Ability to make data-driven decisions in ambiguous environments
- Full-time employee benefits include the following: Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance), Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Plans including company match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance, Paid parental and caregiving leave, Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays), Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees), Learning and Development resources, Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
- This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
- Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location.
