We believe the economy is better when everyone has access. When everyone has room to grow. No one should be left out because the cost is too great or the technology too complex. We started with a little white credit card reader but haven’t stopped there. We’re empowering the independent electrician to send invoices, setting up the favorite food truck with a delivery option, helping the ice cream shop pay its employees, and giving the burgeoning coffee chain capital for a second, third, and fourth location. We’re here to help sellers of all sizes start, run, and grow their business—and helping them grow their business is good business for everyone.

Mobile Developer Experience (MDX) is responsible for building and providing all necessary infrastructure and tools to ensure Squares mobile development can grow at scale.

Engineering efficiency is particularly important for Squares ability to continuously ship high-quality software, and so we strive to ensure our tools used for development are as streamlined as possible. This is a high-force-multiplier cross-functional team, aiming to enhance the development experience for all mobile developers within Square.

You will be responsible for scaling this team as well as our release operations and testing organization. You will lay out a roadmap based on our needs as well as your experience and insights. Your team will own the entire local development stack (build system, build tools) and parts of CI and will improve the development process to allow our engineers to ship as quickly and effortlessly as possible. You'll be working on both iOS and Android platforms. You'll be focusing on Squares Point of Sale applications, but we expect the results of the teams work to be applicable on other Square applications. Additionally, you will lead our 5-person QA and release team. 

You will:

• Construct a roadmap and quarterly plan for the MDX team.

• Drive strategic decisions on how to shape the mobile developer experience within Square.

• Lead and participate in critical technical discussions with leaders across engineering teams.

• Own the success of your team's projects and deliver quantifiable results in a timely manner.

• Be a liaison for all communication with other relevant teams and identify cross-functional needs.

• Help scale the MDX organization with a focus on automation. 

You have:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical, working experience

• 6+ year(s) leading engineering teams. Management preferred, but if youve been a technical leader and youre interested in management, lets talk!

• Experience developing mobile products, build systems and infrastructure

• Experience collaborating with other engineering leaders and cross-functional team members

• Excellent software engineering aptitude and the ability to provide technical mentorship and guidance

• Current or recent hands-on mobile tool chain expertise

At Square, our purpose is to empower – within and outside of our walls. In order to build the best tools for the businesses and customers we support all over the world, we have to start at home with a workforce as diverse and empowered as our sellers. To this end, we take great care to evaluate all employees and job applicants equally, based on merit, competence, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with 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.