Staff Android Software Engineer, Retail

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.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality, 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.

The Role

Retailers have struggled too long with clunky, outdated and disconnected tools. Even as mammoth Retail and e-commerce forces threaten to disrupt smaller merchants, we are empowering those merchants with simple and elegant solutions to complex problems - like predictive analytics and fluid, omni-channel capabilities to meet customers wherever they are - to always make the sale.

The Retail product team empowers retailers of all kinds to start, run, and grow their businesses through advanced workflows, specialized products, business insights, and inclusion in the greater Square ecosystem. In everything we build, we focus on efficiency, automation, and reliability: themes of paramount importance in a fast-paced environment where flexibility is key.

As a Staff Android engineer on the Retail team, you'll work closely with other engineers and cross-functional partners to ensure our applications are maintainable, and capable of meeting the diverse needs of our sellers. You'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the performance and reliability of our Android solutions, directly impacting millions of users worldwide.

You Will

• Architect and improve the Retail point of sale codebase to support diverse merchant workflows within a single product
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers across teams to deliver high-quality, scalable features
• Champion best practices in Android development, ensuring code quality, performance, and maintainability
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation
• Identify and drive improvements in our Android development processes and tools, contributing to the technical roadmap
• Move between the Solver and Architect archetypes, spending the majority of your time actively in or around code (be that Kotlin, Java, SQL, LookML, etc.)

You Have

• 12+ years of Android development experience. We make heavy use of Kotlin, Workflow, and Jetpack Compose.
• Proven experience in architecting and leading complex Android projects at scale
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working across teams to deliver cohesive, user-focused solutions
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a track record of being self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in a fast-paced environment
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading by influence

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