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Software Architect, Customers Directory

Square

Software Architect, Customers Directory

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    The Customer Engagement team's mission is to help Sellers grow their businesses by giving them the tools to know, support, engage, and acquire their customers. Our product suite includes Customer Directory - an omnichannel CRM platform, Square Marketing (e.g. email, social, advertising), Feedback / Direct Messaging, Digital Receipts, Loyalty, Gift Cards and Coupons. You'll report to the engineering lead and work on full stack engineering to help build the next generation of Product & Platform solutions that help our Buyers to centrally manage their data with Square in a privacy centric way and Sellers to conveniently manage their business by using our network of Buyers to provide a remarkable and delightful experiences to their customers.

    You Will:

    • Develop solutions that allow merchants to better serve their customers
    • Guide Technical vision and excellence for team with 25+ engineers and multiple partners
    • Be a leader upleveling the technical and design understanding of the team
    • Collaborate and provide guidance on multiple projects at any given time. Sample projects include designing scaling customer profile store and building personalization for first & 3rd party products
    • Build systems that coordinate customer data quality for Square's sellers
    • Identify risks and design solutions to performance and scalability challenges as our customer data set continues to grow
    • Build for the future by communicating the cost-benefit of a given solution and advocating for the best path forward
    • Embrace opportunities to stretch yourself by learning new technologies
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    You Have:

    • 10+ years of software development experience on a Services or Platform team
    • 3+ years of experience as tech lead or system architect
    • An advanced degree in computer science or equivalent experience
    • Experience in designing and productionizing large-scale distributed systems built around big data
    • Broad mindset to understand overall system architecture and design end-to-end solutions
    • Experience overseeing customized development for multiple projects
    • Experience envisioning a technical approach/solution, socialize it and align partners towards it
    • Passion for mentoring and upleveling team members
    • Experience balancing urgency to implement vs technically correct solution

     

    Even Better:

    • Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure is a plus

    • Experience working as tech lead on team which has both product and platform exposure

     

     

    Technologies we use and teach:

    • Languages: Javascript, Java, Go, Ruby

    • Frameworks: JS Client - Ember, React, Services - gRPC / JAX-RS REST

    • Databases: MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, BigQuery

    • Infrastructure: Hybrid - Private DC / AWS / Google Cloud, SignalFX, DataDog, Snowflake

    Additional Information At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)squareup.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible. 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

    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.

    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

    Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) builds tools to empower businesses and individuals to participate in the economy. Sellers use Square to reach buyers online and in person, manage their business, and access financing. Individuals use Cash App to spend, send, store, and invest money. And TIDAL is a global music and entertainment platform that expands Square's purpose of economic empowerment to artists. Square, Inc. has offices in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and the UK.

  • Industry
    Financial Services