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.

To solve this problem, we expanded into software and built integrated solutions to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, 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.

Over the last decade, Square revolutionized payments with a remarkably easy-to-use product and changed the commerce landscape for small businesses. Now, it is time for Square to bring the same ingenuity to the world of fulfillment and empower sellers with a brick & mortar legacy to thrive in the daunting world of eCommerce and marketplaces.

In 2020 the world was hit with a global pandemic. It demonstrated the need for flexible options of how our Sellers interact with their buyers. The pandemic accelerated the need for businesses to sell AND fulfill orders in a variety of ways. As Sellers rapidly moved online, they saw that this was only half the picture and would now require the same flexibility in their fulfillment options. Our goal is to lower the barrier to entry for our Sellers to move into a more complex fulfillment landscape. 

As a backend engineer on the Fulfillment Expansion team you will be building out a new Fulfillment platform to support finished goods sellers. Starting with adding new support for shipping functionality which includes label purchase, shipping rate profile and related shipment settings. Your work will help power the next wave of omnichannel solutions at Square and will impact all of Squares vertical teams; Ecommerce, Retail, Subscription, and more.

You will

• Contribute to the new Fulfillment platform
• Build both internal and external APIs to power fulfillment
• Platform convergence of shipping fulfillment functionality 
• Build out the backend capabilities that will power Squares shipping products
• Contribute to internal tooling that make our whole team more effective
• Build, contribute to, and help maintain our AWS infrastructure.

You have:

• BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent. Minimum 3 years of industry experience
• Natural curiosity and a desire to explore solutions in a small and focused team
• Experience pursuing side projects, research, or open source projects
• Domain experience in ecommerce, fulfillment, or shipping
• A healthy appetite for challenging work

Technologies we use:

• Go, Java
• Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Localstack, Terraform
• RDS, DynamoDB, Lambdas, Opensearch, Kafka

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.

Zone A: USD $167,300 - USD $204,500
Zone B: USD $158,900 - USD $194,300
Zone C: USD $150,600 - USD $184,000
Zone D: USD $142,200 - USD $173,800

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. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• 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
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits 
• Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources 

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.

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.

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.