Squarespace is looking for a Backend Staff Software Engineer for the Online Stores organization to partner with our product & engineering teams.

Our Online Stores Engineering team enables our merchants to create & grow standout ecommerce brands & businesses. We develop the services, products, & frameworks essential for delivering the best selling experience to all Squarespace customers inclusive of donations platforms, digital products sellers, physical goods sellers, & service products sellers.

In this role, you will lead technical strategy, architecture, & implementation while mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, & contributing code to complex projects that align technical investments with business priorities.

This is a hybrid role working from our NYC office 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager based in NYC.

You'll Get To

• Be the architect for a major area of our business. Hands-on detangling large-scale & deep problems, while simultaneously influencing architecture ongoing features & investments.
• Influence: Drive best practices for engineering excellence & technical leadership, influence design reviews, question assumptions, point out pitfalls & foster shared understanding
• Guide: Provide guidance to the engineering team to help architect solutions at scale & become the goto whiteboard partner for the team.
• Mentor: Multiply your effectiveness through influence by growing our experienced team of Software Engineers of several levels.
• Plan: Tie technical investments to business priorities, lead architecture discussions & design reviews, & contribute to product roadmap planning
• Collaborate: Work with engineering teams across the company
• Write: Create medium to long term technical strategies for our online store product & platform. Clearly & concisely write that strategy & collaborate with engineers across the organization to implement the strategy
• Code: Wants to contribute directly to projects that require more senior technical expertise or to quickly address ambiguous engineering challenges across the organization

Who We're Looking For

• Have 8+ years of experience developing web-based production systems with at least 8+ years of building large-scale software & distributed systems
• Strong understanding of, & experience with, web & mobile application development
• Have experience building & implementing long-term technical strategy
• Want to expand your technical influence & effect across teams while still being a hands-on individual contributor
• Ability to create effective designs to solve complex problems & lead teams to implement them
• Enjoy exploring the intersection between product & engineering
• Keep a user-first perspective while building your products
• Significant experience using multiple programming languages (especially Java)  & a broad range of tools
• Effective communication skills with ability to give impactful feedback to colleagues
• Hands-on approach & pragmatic attitude in turning ideas into working software

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums including medical, dental, & vision
• Supplemental Life & Disability Insurance plans
• Fertility & adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 12 weeks paid parental leave & family care leave
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch & snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year

Cash Compensation Range: $185,500 - $260,000 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, & location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive structure in addition to base salary.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands & businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries & territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, & scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, & marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity & creating & managing social media presence with Bio Sites & Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, & Aveiro, Portugal. For more information about our company, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives & experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace & celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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