Square’s purpose is economic empowerment; since our beginning, we have been helping sellers start and manage their own businesses. The Checkout team at Square has a mission to help sellers make and close sales anywhere and anyhow buyers want to buy. We make this possible by building a shared client checkout platform for all of Square’s checkout experiences.

We’re looking for a resourceful and curious Lead Engineer for Square’s iOS Checkout team. The iOS Checkout team and its partner Android team together provide Sellers large and small around the world with a simple, seamless checkout experience that works both on and offline. 

As a technical leader on the Checkout iOS team, you will design, write, and review critical and complex code to move the Checkout engineering and product roadmap forward, while coordinating and guiding junior engineers to do the same. You’ll partner closely with mobile and API peers on teams across the company as they take on larger initiatives that include Checkout. You’ll work with cross-functional Product and Design partners to design and build features that robustly serve elegant user experience to Square sellers and buyers around the world.

You will:

Lead the engineers on the team to create effective technical systems, write solid code, and develop sensible tests

Leverage your iOS expertise to build complex solutions that meet our sellers’ challenges

Represent the team in architectural discussions and stakeholder conversations, serving as a bridge between our team and the broader organization.

Help shape the future of our codebase by building flexible, extendable, and reusable components.

Foster a culture of engineering excellence and mentor engineers of all experience levels.

Hold yourself and your teammates to the highest standard of engineering excellence, with unwavering attention to product reliability.

Work with product managers, designers, and data scientists to shape the future of the Cart Platform at Square.

Help contribute to a culture of positivity, psychological safety, and inclusivity within the team.