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 wouldn’t 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 through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve 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. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

The Point of Sale (POS) mobile applications are the main entry point through which merchants interact with Square. The cross point of sale (XPOS) product team is an organization of 35+ software engineers responsible for building shared features that are shared across the fleet of Square’s point-of-sale apps. The team is part of the larger XPOS ecosystem engineering organization. This role reports into the engineering lead of the XPOS Core team. Our team’s mission is to leverage the technical reusability of our core platform, maximizing the surfaces of shipped functionality for sellers’ benefit. 

Engineers at this level are leaders who drive and influence the technical direction of their team to ensure success of strategic initiatives. As a senior fullstack engineer on XPOS Product,  you will be responsible for defining the long-term technical vision of the APIs that support our mobile applications and the Square Dashboard experience on the web. You will architect, implement, and scale strategic solutions spanning multiple product teams and business organizations, including external stakeholders. 

To learn more about Point of Sale:

https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/software

Responsibilities

• Guide and participate in critical technical, design, and product discussions with cross functional partners and engineering teams.

• Drive execution of cross-organization efforts and our most complicated technical problems. Be a driving force behind the successful delivery of projects including planning, documenting technical solutions, determining operation metrics, rollout, and maintenance.

• Uplevel the technical design and product understanding for the team & lead other team members. 

• Develop new best practices for the team to achieve operational excellence.

• Sample projects include designing and scaling internally and externally-facing APIs that support critical business functionality, such as Add Ons, Checkout and Remote Settings Management. 

• 8+ years of experience developing production software for large scale consumer facing mobile applications.

• Proven track record of results at the team lead level or above at a premier technology company.

• Advanced Degree in Computer Science or Equivalent experience in lieu of degree.

• Experience building component-based web apps with modern JavaScript front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Angular, or Ember).

• Experience architecting highly scalable backend systems in Java, Go, or Ruby.

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.

• Passion for mentoring and upleveling team members.

• Experience balancing urgency to implement vs technically correct solution.

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Canada locations are categorized into one of two zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
 

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

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 

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. 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. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

US and Canada EEOC Statement

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We’ve noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where individuals are sending fake job offer emails. Contact from any of our recruiters or employees will always come from an email address ending with @block.xyz, @squareup.com, @tidal.com, or @afterpay.com, @clearpay.co.uk.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.