Staff Android Engineer, Square Kitchen Display System

Staff Android Engineer, Square Kitchen Display System

Remote

Bay Area, CA, US

The Role

Restaurants today operate in an increasingly dynamic landscape, and we're building a modern product ecosystem to support this. The Food & Beverage team at Square empowers restaurant businesses 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 great hospitality is key.

As a Staff Android engineer on the Food & Beverage 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 merchants. 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 Square Kitchen Display System 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

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 also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A:

$239,600 — $359,400 USD

Zone B:

$239,600 — $359,400 USD

Zone C:

$239,600 — $359,400 USD

Zone D:

$239,600 — $359,400 USD

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want.

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