Senior Software Engineer, Square Marketing
Published on October 04, 2024
Fifteen years ago, not all businesses could accept credit cards. Square set out to change that – inventing the first mobile card reader of its kind. This allowed businesses to take payments anywhere and keep thriving in the economy. It also completely disrupted how the financial system thinks about small businesses. With this shift, Square’s journey took off – moving far beyond its origins as a payment processor to building new tools and solutions for the future.
Today, Square is the largest business technology platform serving all kinds of businesses. The Square operating system allows business owners to sell anywhere, work more efficiently, manage inventory, communicate with customers, book appointments, courses or meals, order online and so much more. These tools unlock endless possibilities and countless opportunities for any operation, from global chains to mom-and-pop shops.
The mission of the Square Marketing team is to develop and execute, data-driven marketing strategies that promote growth and engagement for Square sellers, and help sellers with their customers. We aim to provide sellers with powerful tools like Email Marketing and, Text Messaging Marketing, and to enhance brand visibility to attract new customers and retain existing ones, thereby helping them grow their business with minimal effort.
We're looking for engineers with an interest in backend/server engineering to help further enhance and improve Square Marketing product and help sellers to personalized their marketing campaigns by leveraging generative AI.
You will ...
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement comprehensive marketing and tech strategies that align with Square's overall goals.
- Partner with Mobile, Web, Platform and AI engineers to build innovative new features for our sellers.
- Build available and fault tolerant systems.
- Bring high proficiency in product development, taking responsibility for delivering projects, including planning, risk management, development, testing, rollout, and maintenance.
- Hold yourself and your team to the highest standard of engineering excellence and prioritize quality over quantity.
You have:
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience with a B.S. degree or equivalent
- Interest in building beautiful, refined, and intuitive products
- Stay informed about relevant technology trends and developments and teach
- Experience reviewing code to find and address potential issues and defects
- Empathy for your customers and colleagues
- Eagerness to share your own ideas, and openness to those of others
- A comprehensive understanding of the importance of performance monitoring, logging, and telemetry
- Experience with AWS, Ruby, Golang is recommended
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 an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.
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 .
Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S locations are categorized into one of four 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.
Zone A:
$198,000 - $297,000 USD
Zone B:
$188,100 - $282,100 USD
Zone C:
$178,200 - $267,400 USD
Zone D:
$168,300 - $252,500 USD
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.