Come for the mission, stay for the tech challenges!
Come for the mission, stay for the tech challenges!
If you are mission-driven, then you would enjoy this company and its mission of Economic Empowerment.
There are lots of interesting business problems to solve. These problems often translate into complex engineering challenges.
Square also has scale, both in terms of product and its organization. Most recently, a lot of groups started the long journey of cloud migration.
The overall technical direction of the company is often missing, and it's left to teams to get aligned. While this meritocratic approach can lead to "best team's solution wins" situations, this is not always the case. Technical decision-making is often slow as a result of this approach.
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Senior MLE
Phone screen with recruiter. Tech phone screen: Coding round on CoderPad with a 5-part question, similar to LeetCode. It involved something about probability and next words. I didn't pass, but after passing there is a virtual onsite.
Software Engineer
Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. There were: * 3 pair programming challenges * A system design review * A prior experience interview There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
The whole process took about 2.5 months, from applying up to accepting the offer. The process was streamlined and the interviewers were nice and collaborative. I applied online, and after two weeks, a recruiter emailed to set up a call. After that,
Senior MLE
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 10, 2025Phone screen with recruiter. Tech phone screen: Coding round on CoderPad with a 5-part question, similar to LeetCode. It involved something about probability and next words. I didn't pass, but after passing there is a virtual onsite.
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 14, 2025Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. There were: * 3 pair programming challenges * A system design review * A prior experience interview There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2025The whole process took about 2.5 months, from applying up to accepting the offer. The process was streamlined and the interviewers were nice and collaborative. I applied online, and after two weeks, a recruiter emailed to set up a call. After that,
