Staff Frontend Engineer, Trust Web (Growth)

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, 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.
The Role
The Trust Web team is a core part of Square's Growth product organization, focused on helping more sellers to begin using Square. Aligned with our strategy to Simplify, Automate, and Graduate seller experiences, we build and maintain web experiences that guide sellers from signup to first payment. Our work directly supports Square's growth by improving onboarding, engagement, and seller success.
We are looking for a product-minded Staff Software Engineer with deep frontend experience to serve as a Technical Lead accelerating our growth experimentation and improving how we learn from sellers. In this role, you'll blend strategic technical leadership with hands-on development by leading major initiatives, building key features, and mentoring engineers across teams as we scale Square's growth through continuous experimentation.
You Will

• Shape and lead initiatives that accelerate experimentation and unlock faster product learning across Square's web experiences.
• Build and scale React applications held to high standards for performance, maintainability, and accessibility.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate insights into simple, impactful user experiences that drive seller growth.
• Contribute to and influence the broader Square Web community, sharing context and best practices across teams.
• Advocate for platform and tooling investments that improve engineering velocity and system extensibility.
• Mentor engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence, inclusion, and smooth execution.
• Explore and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted automation, to enhance developer workflows and experimentation capabilities.

You Have

• BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience; candidates in this role typically have 12+ years of industry experience
• Experience helping an organization to drive business growth by increasing experimentation velocity
• Proven record of driving collaboration and impact across an organization
• Deep expertise in React and modern frameworks with experience building and maintaining large-scale React applications.
• Great communication skills and an ability to work cross-functionally with partners in Design and Product
• A sense of customer empathy and desire to influence product direction
• Understanding and curiosity in creating well thought out, reliable, and performant frontend systems

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Languages: JavaScript, Typescript
• Frameworks: React, Ember
• Testing: Jest, Playwright
• Tools: LaunchDarkly, Storybook, Snowflake, Sentry, Datadog

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 will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
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 .
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.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone B:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone C:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone D:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
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Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.