Senior Software Engineer (Android), Connected Device Experience

  • Full-time
  • Alternate Location: St. Louis, United States

Company Description

Since we first opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely – and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take a payment 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, run a busy kitchen, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. And 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 all in one place.

Today, we’re a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex commerce operations, sellers just starting out, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers scale, so do our solutions. We all grow together.

There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a business that is big, meaningful, and lasting. And we are helping sellers around the world do the same.

Job Description

You will design and develop new functionality for new and existing 1st and 3rd party peripherals connected to Square’s Android Points of Sale, including in our in house Android distribution. The Connected Device Experience team is a mobile development team focused on connecting Square’s mobile Points of Sale to peripheral devices (card readers, printers, weighing scales, barcode scanners, and more). You will collaborate with other engineers and our product and design teams to ensure that millions of merchants have a remarkable and reliable experience using a variety of 1st and 3rd party peripherals.

You will: 

  • Lead design and implementation on new functionality for both Square and 3rd party peripherals.

  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, engineers both on the team and on partner teams.

  • Participate in the full lifecycle of product development, from early definition through release and beyond.

  • Mentor other engineers through design reviews and pair programming.

  • Collaborate with other team leads to set best practices.

Qualifications

You have: 

  • 8+ years of software development experience, with 2+ on Android.

  • Motivation to build high reliability systems.

  • Strong communication skills and a strong desire to deliver a great product.

  • A deep sense of customer empathy and an interest in influencing the team’s direction.

  • Experience breaking down complex projects into components or milestones that other engineers can easily pick up.

  • 2+ years experience with bluetooth devices or other peripheral devices. 

 

Technologies we use and teach:

  • Kotlin for development, leveraging Square’s modern open source library, Workflow

  • Espresso UI for testing

  • Protocol buffers for network transport

  • Gradle for our build environment

  • Compose, LeakCanary, RXJava, Dagger, Mortar, OkHTTP and mores

Additional Information

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. Square 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’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.

Perks

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

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.

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