Senior Software Quality Engineer, Quality Systems
- Full-time
Company Description
Job Description
Our hardware team builds the tangible connection to all that is Square. We started with a simple and elegant Reader that turns any phone or tablet into a mobile point of sale. Since then, we have expanded our hardware footprint to meet the needs of more sellers. Most recently, we introduced our first Android-based solutions: Square Register, the first fully integrated point of sale that enables people to start selling right out of the box, and Square Terminal, the all-in-one device for payments and receipts. You will ensure our sellers and their customers have a remarkable experience shaping our device software validation strategy for our Square hardware products.
Role Location:
We want employees to be able to reside where they feel most creative and productive. You will be part of an org and team that works across Pacific, Central and Eastern Time Zones.
In this role, you and your direct team will be based in the Pacific Standard time zone. This role is open to all people who can be effective partners with this team, including sharing and adjusting to typical working hours.
You will:
- Determine when our product software is good enough for our sellers by using your knowledge of product architecture and evaluate product risk during each phase of development, deployment, and use
- Oversee the definition and execution of overall validation strategy, both manual and automated, for the platform software that ships on our hardware devices
- Work with multiple development teams and organizations to influence the software architecture and integration across the stack (e.g. applications, system, and firmware)
- Be a hands-on lead and help build a productive team by coaching engineers
Qualifications
You have:
- 8+ years of verification, validation and software engineering experience
- Developed validation strategy for a complex functional area or product
- Experience working as a partner to development and product teams
- Mentored other team members by providing technical guidance
- Experience validating and shipping a successful consumer electronics device
- A high degree of curiosity, with experience creating creative techniques to discover hardware, firmware and software issues
- Managed or partnered with contractors
- Supported ongoing software releases across multiple products
Additional Information
Perks
At Square, we want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:
- Healthcare coverage
- Retirement Plans
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness perks
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Learning and Development resources