Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Automation

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The Role
Our Square Mobile and Web Automation team plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and efficiency of Square's mobile, web, and hardware platforms. We focus on empowering developers and test engineers by streamlining the test and development process across multiple platforms.
We are looking for a Software Engineer who can design and develop large-scale automation frameworks for mobile and web platforms. In this role, you will help accelerate the shipment of software by seamlessly integrating these frameworks into our CI/CD processes. Your work will enable Square engineers to deliver high-quality software faster and with greater confidence.
In this role, you will take ownership of the entire development stack as it relates to testing and quality, including build systems, tools, dashboarding, testing frameworks. You will focus on identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks within both the product and development processes, while building highly scalable solutions to enhance system reliability and ensure smooth CI integrations. By doing so, you will help deliver more reliable products to our customers and significantly boost the engineering team's productivity across the company.
You Will

• Develop and build automated testing infrastructure that spans mobile (iOS and Android) and real hardware environments, improving the development process and reducing friction for developers.
• Innovate to amplify the efficiency of our mobile and web developers by optimizing testing tools, build systems, and CI pipelines.
• Identify and address critical performance bottlenecks in both the product and the development and testing workflows, including build times, testing frameworks, and IDE integrations.
• Collaborate with Mobile Engineering, Quality Systems, and Developer Experience teams to deliver efficient automated tests that mirror real-world scenarios, ensuring that our products meet the highest quality standards.
• Prioritize and streamline development and testing processes to allow engineers to build, test, and release features quickly and effortlessly.
• Contribute to the overall quality automation footprint by developing solutions that scale across all Square platforms, including Point of Sale applications and other Square products.

You Have

• 8+ years of software/test engineering experience, preferably on mobile and web products.
• Proven experience as a Mobile Engineer or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of programming languages relevant to the platform, e.g., Swift for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android.
• Experience with relevant frameworks and tools, e.g., React Native, Flutter, etc..
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect mobile applications to back-end services.
• Familiarity with build and CI systems (e.g. Ant, Maven, Buck, Gradle, Pants) and CI tools (e.g. Circle, Travis, Jenkins)
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Excellent software engineering aptitude and the ability to provide technical mentorship and guidance
• Motivation to influence our engineering organization to level-up the reliability and performance of the mobile and web apps we ship.

Prior experience in large scale multi quarter to year long projects.
Technologies We Use and Teach

• Tools skill XCUI test, swift, Kotlin, Trade Federation, UI Automator, Xcode, Playwright
• Experience in working and developing tests with emulators and on hardware platforms
• Experience optimizing and designing large scale performance tests for Android and iOS applications
• Experience working in a large engineering organization (hundreds of engineers)
• Ability to design and develop tools and test automation frameworks for Mobile (iOS or Android) & Web platform automation frameworks

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 .
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
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:
$217,800 - $326,800 USD
Zone B:
$207,000 - $310,400 USD
Zone C:
$196,100 - $294,100 USD
Zone D:
$185,200 - $277,800 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. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
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