Backend Engineer, Squire
Contract
Barbershop operations management software
Job no longer available
Barbershop operations management software
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
Squire's mission is to give your barber shop the technology they need to succeed in today’s fast-paced environment.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is required
- At least 3 years of experience in service application development using Node.js
- Strong knowledge of microservices architecture patterns, frameworks, and best practices
- Experience with version control systems like Git
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment
What the job involves
- SQUIRE is looking for a skilled Service Engineer to join one of our dynamic product teams. As a Service Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining high-quality product features for our service applications.
- You will be part of the Services Community, with hiring and technology policies defined and owned by the Director of Service Engineering. This position offers an opportunity to grow and make a significant impact on SQUIRE's products
- This position reports to the Director, Engineering Management
- Build and maintain high-quality product features for service applications using Node.js
- Collaborate with the product team and other engineers to ensure seamless integration of service applications with frontend and mobile applications
- Actively participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to improve overall code quality
- Participate in interview panels related to service development hiring
- Contribute to the Services Community, sharing knowledge and helping to shape hiring and technology policies
- Work closely with the Engineering Manager, following the guidelines and direction provided by the Director of Service Engineering
- Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and other technical issues
- Assist with the estimation and planning of service application development tasks
Our take
Squire takes point-of-sale management tools and focuses them entirely on the needs of barbershops. Before launching, co-founder Dave Salvant spent time talking to 600 different barbershop owners to understand the boxes Squire had to tick to be a worthwhile product. This included taking cashless payments and providing key insight into employee productivity, hours worked, and commission calculations.
This time spent in barbershops paid off, as Squire now has more than 2,000 customers in North America and the UK. There is considerable opportunity in the United States alone, as they have a potential customer base of more than 135,000 barbershops.
In March 2020, Squire’s revenue fell to zero when the COVID-19 pandemic forced barbershops to close. Luckily, the company had raised $34 million just days before this in a Series B funding round, which enabled it to help barbershops adapt and survive during their lockdowns. Now things have returned to normal, Squire is in high demand and in 2025, is valued at $750 million.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2021
$60m
SERIES D
Dec 2020
$44m
SERIES C
Total funding: $146.8m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Nolita, New York, NY
Leadership
Songe LaRon
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Philosophy at UCLA, and then studied Law at Yale. Started out as a Legal Secondee at Credit Suisse, before joining Skadden Arps as an M&A Associate. Co-founded Squire in 2015, with support from Y Combinator.
Dave A. Salvant
(Co-Founder & President)Studied Political Science at the University of Albany, and then joined Infogroup as an Account Manager in 2008. Moved to JP Morgan as 2010 to work as a Private Client Banker. Joined AXA US as a Senior Regional Sales Executive, and then enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study for an MBA. Co-founded Squire in 2015.
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