The Role

Better supporting complex organizations is a key part of Square's plans to move upmarket. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to partner with the Franchise Suite's 30+ person engineering team in articulating and leading the execution of the Franchise Suite multi-year technical strategy. You will establish operation principles and a culture of engineering excellence and help build a reliable and scalable product for our most strategic sellers, while engaging with partner teams across the company in service of our team and organizational objectives.

You Will

• Identify technical and architectural end states for the product, and influence/evolve the code base in those directions.
• Drive impact through technical leadership and mentorship across the team.
• Refactor and uplift existing systems and build new services, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability and performance.
• Creatively solve challenging technical problems at scale.
• Partner closely with engineering managers, product managers, product engineers, and business leads to define our roadmap.
• Be an agent of change and a champion for technical excellence, inspiring teams to embrace a culture of continuous improvement.
• Raise the engineering bar through mentorship, code/design review, and stewardship of best practices around testing, monitoring, accessibility, and security.
• Foster an inclusive engineering culture rooted in learning, growth, and psychological safety.

You Have

• 8+ years of experience building and operating quality software
• 1+ years of tactical and strategic leadership experience on medium/large-scale migration projects
• Technical initiative and leadership on previous projects
• Desire to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Backend: NodeJS with NestJS and Typescript, Java
• MongoDB, Redis and RabbitMQ

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, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any 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 an inclusive workplace? Check out our Inlusion & Diversity page

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering.Check out our other benefits at Block.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people.Squaremakes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers.Cash Appis the easy way to spend, send, and store money.Afterpayis transforming the way customers manage their spending over time.TIDALis a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs.Bitkeyis a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin.Protois a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we’re helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.