Staff Software Engineer (Backend), Invoices

Square Invoices is the easiest way for merchants to close sales and collect payments remotely. Our customers rely on our products because they are well-designed, easy to use, and integrated with their business. We are a full-stack product oriented team, spanning across engineering, design, product, data science, and marketing. You'll implement management’s  roadmap and strategy decisions and will play a critical role in helping the team accomplish our industry-leading growth goals.Our team is focused, fast-moving, and rapidly growing with an abundance of growth and impact opportunities. We focus on building the best tools to help our merchants close sales and get paid quickly, anywhere, at any time. At the same time, we are doing this in an efficient and scalable way, making smart choices about how to automate critical functions for our merchants.https://squareup.com/invoicesAs a Tech Lead on the Invoices team, you will lead the Platform pod in the Core Payments team within the broader Invoices organization.You Will:Oversee a critical squad for our core Invoicing business, provide technical guidance and direction to the platform squad, ensuring alignment with overall platform strategy and best practicesLead the design, development, and implementation of complex software systems and migrations (often crossing organizational boundaries)Actively contribute to the codebase as an individual contributor, ensuring high-quality software and efficient development processesParticipate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring high-quality deliverablesDevelop and maintain project plans, including resource allocation, and timelines.Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to manage dependencies, ensuring timely delivery of projectsCommunicate progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management, providing recommendations for mitigation and resolutionMentor and support the professional development of sub-team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvementDrive innovation and identify opportunities for process improvements and new technologies to enhance the platform's capabilitiesEstablish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners, promoting collaboration and effective communicationAct as a technical point of contact for the sub-team, addressing any questions, concerns or challenges that may arise