Staff iOS Engineer, Food & Beverage Point of Sale

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 Square Food & Beverage (F&B) organization is reimagining the hospitality industry to empower today's restaurants with simple, elegant software and efficient workflows. As a deep technical expert and organizational leader, you will drive technical excellence and innovation across our Food & Beverage initiatives.

We're seeking a Staff iOS Engineer who can identify, scope, and solve complex technical challenges while driving organizational impact. In this role, you'll be a technical representative for systems that span multiple teams, shape the architectural direction of our iOS platforms, and foster engineering excellence across the organization. This position requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to influence and drive strategic initiatives that advance our organization's objectives.

You Will

• Propose, define and lead large, high-impact technical initiatives that affect multiple teams across the F&B
• Drive architectural direction and evolution of our iOS systems, ensuring long-term success and scalability
• Identify, debug, and solve deep, complex technical problems that cross organizational boundaries
• Champion reliability and quality across teams by establishing and upholding engineering standards
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and disciplines to advance organizational goals
• Proactively identify and advocate for strategic technical initiatives, building alignment with peers and leadership
• Define ways to accelerate yourself, others, and the organization through the use of AI technologies
• Mentor and elevate the capabilities of teams and individuals through insightful feedback and guidance
• Participate in and lead incident response, including on-call rotations and post-mortem processes
• Build and maintain relationships with senior engineers and technical leaders across Block to elevate technical capabilities and quality of the point of sale.
• Drive engineering excellence within the iOS discipline while representing F&B in broader technical discussions

You Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience, plus approximately 12 years of relevant industry experience
• Deep technical expertise in iOS development with demonstrable organizational impact
• Track record of successfully leading and delivering large-scale technical initiatives across organizational boundaries.
• Experience as a technical representative for systems spanning multiple teams
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, and reliability engineering
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries
• Excellence in technical communication and relationship building across disciplines
• History of mentoring and growing engineering talent

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin (yes! — we collaborate directly with our friends on Android)
• Reactive Swift, UIKit, CoreAnimation, and CoreData
• AI tools including Goose and Cursor
• Unit tests, snapshot tests, integration tests
• Service APIs and Protocol Buffers
• Metrics, monitoring, and alerting with a variety of internal and external tools

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.