Software Engineer, Reconciliation

Job Description

The Reconciliation Team oversees all money movement at Square, ensuring that our merchants, as well as external financial institutions, correctly settle with Square on every single transaction. We empower Accounting, Finance, Analytics, Payments, and product teams by delivering accurate data that not only are crucial to Square’s financials but also have proven to serve as early warning indicators for many product systems at Square.

As a software engineer on the Reconciliation team, you will be responsible for

designing, building, and maintaining vital services that power the Reconciliation infrastructure which processes every transaction at Square and ensures accurate settlement and payout. You will leverage the most recent advancements in cloud computing technology to design and implement next generation reconciliation systems that will power Square’s growth for years to come. Qualifications

You will:
Build truly innovative reconciliation systems to ensure Square’s financial credibility

Leveraging proper cloud computing technology, design and implement highly scalable systems that reconciles every payment from all Square internal products and external partners

Build systems that hold Square to the highest standards for financials and compliance

Work cross-functionally with our card processing, settlement, analytics, finance, accounting, and product teams to develop Square’s reconciliation infrastructure and ensure money movement accuracy

Develop a comprehensive understanding of Square’s systems and products. Design and implement systems that feed reconciliation data back to product systems for early-detecting issues and protecting our merchants as well as Square’s financial interests

You have:
Master degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience

Passion in pursuing data quality, integrity, and consistency. Desire to be responsible for reconciling all money movements at Square

Understanding and curiosity in highly scalable, stream processing systems

Experience in cloud computing technology, platform, data pipeline

Experience in developing backend infrastructure and/or open source projects

Ability to clearly communicate designs to technical and business audiences

Technologies we use:
Java, Ruby, Rails

MySQL, HBase

JSON, Protocol Buffers

Guice, Guava

AWS, GCP

Additional Information

At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.