About The Position
The Local Services team builds tools for businesses that sell time, expertise, and services—supporting Square Appointments and Square Invoices, two of Square's most widely used products. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll define technical direction, drive architecture and design decisions, and mentor engineers while building reliable, scalable systems. Your work will directly impact hundreds of thousands of service-based businesses by improving scheduling, invoicing, and payments.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software development experience
- Expertise in large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language
- Ability to make data-driven decisions in ambiguous environments
- Full development lifecycle experience, from definition to delivery
Nice To Haves
- Experience delivering user-facing products at scale with high quality
- Background in scheduling, payments, or invoicing solutions
- Strong record of building business-critical products in commerce or services ecosystems
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve Square's Invoices, Appointments, and other Local Services products
- Lead cross-team initiatives and set long-term technical direction
- Solve complex performance, scalability, and reliability challenges
- Balance system health, security, and technical debt with product needs
- Mentor senior+ engineers and champion technical excellence across the team
- Communicate trade-offs clearly and influence organizational priorities
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- 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 (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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