Design Technologist, Square Staff

Company Description

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.

Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio/work samples.

As a Design Technologist, you'll be an important member of a creative team specialized in creating digital experiences and marketing campaigns. You will be part of a small creative team working with Square Staff Marketing. Our team’s mission is to tell the best possible stories of our team management products and ecosystem so that our sellers and their employees can succeed.

Reporting to a creative director, you will help bring technology to the creative process; the front-end interactions you bring to life will create remarkable experiences for our sellers.

You are well-versed in an appropriate mix of development and prototyping platforms and tools and know how to select the most suitable platform for the task. You provide flexible code that can be iterated upon, and pride yourself on being up-to-date with the latest best practices. Thriving on exploration and experimentation, you are at the heart of co-creating ideas and bringing them to life. You have skills that compliment your application of technology, including but never limited to: a precise eye for intelligent UX, great design, and good foundations in process.

You Will:

• Take creative direction and expand on concept ideas for tactics, with a solid and active contribution in creative reviews
• Work creatively through and around perceived limitations and challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful customer experiences
• Build hands-on technical development, from prototypes coming out of ideation through to final launch/G2M production code
• Present ideas or prototypes to mixed client marketing / technical audiences
• Contribute to discussions about the digital aspects of creative campaigns
• Evaluate and document any creative and engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work
• Participate in concept development iteration, partnering on projects from planning and design through implementation

Qualifications

You Have:

• Front-end development – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern tooling
• Understanding of web standards, browser performance, and best practices
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Back-end development – Familiarity of Ruby, Java, or other back-end languages
• Portfolio of work that displays design, high-fidelity animation, motion, iconography, typography, color, and imagery
• Experience with digital marketing, advertising, and understanding metrics
• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Familiarity with modern design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
• Familiarity building in and working with CMS's

Additional Information

US and Canada EEOC Statement

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 a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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.

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

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Wellness perks
• Healthcare coverage
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.