Job Description

The Developers Team team is driving the evolution of our systems to an open platform that provides access to a rich ecosystem of services for our merchants. We are focused on helping third-party developers build applications and integrations to meet the needs of different merchants to help them better run their business. And good business for them, is good business for us.

You will manage the strategy, priorities, roadmap and delivery of Platform Extensibility Services. You will be responsible for tackling some of the most difficult and technical challenges in our platform. You will work with our most senior leaders in both engineering and product to establish the investment strategy for this area. The key measure of success is accelerating the delivery of APIs and tooling allowing Developers to build new experiences on Square’s platform. You will enable us to grow the services and APIs we launch in the future.

If you’re looking to improve the growth and direction of a company, you will find this role compelling, challenging, and rewarding.

You Will:

• Build the strategy for essential services that grow Square’s Developer Platform.
• Work with our engineering managers to guide delivery of this work
• Work with our senior product and engineering leaders across many teams (Payments, Catalog, Customers, Orders and many more) to identify the biggest opportunities for us to help external Developers while accelerating other teams ability to deliver this functionality
• Develop industry-leading products that uniquely serve Square’s customers
• Inspire your cross-functional peers to build a strong partnership in delivering excellent products
• Influence important partners throughout Square to align resources and prioritization

Qualifications

You Have:

• Experience shaping and driving key strategies that have shaped the investment portfolio
• Customer empathy and experience shaping product direction and execution based on customer needs
• Experience building developer platforms and ecosystems
• Navigated product scale challenges in a high-growth environment
• Deeply technical experience where you have worked with the most senior engineers to build solutions
• Developed industry-leading products that have gained a positive reputation and product loyalty
• 5+ years of product management experience or equivalent; prior experience as an engineer is desirable