Group Tech Lead, ECOM Web

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Role

To begin with, Square Online makes it easy for merchants to start selling online, from food trucks to large retailers. The product has seen tremendous growth since the pandemic but still has an incredible amount of untapped potential.

The ECOM Web (Square Online) team empowers our merchants to create their online Ecommerce website. We accomplish this goal through clear design, responsive interactions, and intuitive information architecture across our buyer and seller surfaces. Our focus this year is on Block Site, which represents our guiding vision for an exceptional online ordering experience. We allow our sellers to focus on what makes them unique by supporting and simplifying complex online purchasing flows that are fundamental to their business' growth. The scope of the Square Online team encompasses all the fundamentals for providing the best experience for these business owners to start to sell online.

Explore Square Online: squareup.com/online-store

As a Group Tech Lead for the ECOM Web org for Square Online, you will oversee the high-level technical direction of all ECOM Web teams. You will have direct responsibility for helping influence not only the product roadmap, but most importantly the technical direction of our most important features, helping hundreds of thousands of merchants to quickly set up & customize their online presence and operate their businesses at scale. You will report directly to the leader overseeing the ECOM Web teams.

You Will

• Provide technical leadership across teams for building highly scalable web buyer experiences, influencing the broader engineering organization with web best practices and innovative solutions
• Define and uphold reliability and performance goals
• Identify technical risks or gaps across the organization, escalate and resolve code and architectural level concerns
• Model engineering excellence, and help cultivate our team by sharing your knowledge and thought processes as you solve engineering problems
• Mentor and coach engineering talents from different backgrounds with their respective priorities
• As needed, lead and contribute code to critical projects
• Contribute to company-wide engineering projects with other leaders outside of the ECOM Web org

You Have

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 12+ years of industry experience shipping high-quality products, in the e-commerce industry
• Proven leadership experience, including roles as a tech lead and managing long-term projects
• Expertise in mentoring and guiding engineers across all levels in technical and professional development
• Strong software development and architectural design skills, with the ability to influence strategic technical directions
• Innate curiosity, and a desire to learn and teach (a must!)
• Experience building scalable, complex front-end applications.
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders.

Technologies We Use and Teach

• JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, Ember, React and other modern web frameworks
• PHP (with Laravel), Ruby, and Go
• AWS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and Memcached

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 an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

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.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.