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title: 'Staff Software Engineer, Domains at Squarespace'
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# Staff Software Engineer, Domains at Squarespace

- **Company:** Squarespace
- **Location:** Aveiro, Portugal
- **Posted:** 2026-03-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** http://www.squarespace.com/about/careers?gh_jid=7760893

## Job description

Squarespace is looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the Domains group to partner with our product and engineering teams.

Our group's products offer customers the tools to establish the foundation of their digital presence, namely their domain and corresponding email. The teams are currently focused on building new features to allow customers to do more with their domains to further our goal of being one of the top domain providers in the business.

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

This is a hybrid role working from our Aveiro office 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Engineering Director based in Portugal.

You'll Get To…

- Be the architect for a major area of our business
- Influence: Drive best practices for engineering excellence and technical leadership, influence design reviews, question assumptions, point out pitfalls and foster shared understanding
- Guide: Provide guidance to the engineering team to help architect solutions at scale and become the go-to whiteboard partner for the team.
- Mentor: Multiply your effectiveness through influence by growing our experienced team of Software Engineers at several levels.
- Plan: Tie technical investments to business priorities, lead architecture discussions and design reviews, and 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 and platform. Clearly and concisely write that strategy and 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 10+ years of experience building large-scale software and highly available and reliable distributed systems
- Have experience building and implementing long-term technical strategy
- Want to expand your technical influence and effect across teams while still being a hands-on individual contributor
- Ability to create effective designs to solve complex problems and lead teams to implement them
- Enjoy exploring the intersection between product and engineering
- Effective communication skills with the ability to give impactful feedback to colleagues
- Hands-on approach and pragmatic attitude in turning ideas into working software

## Benefits & Perks

- Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner, and dependent children, including medical, dental, and vision
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Pension benefits with employer match
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Statutory paid time off and all statutory leaves, as required
- Meal Allowance and Flex Benefits Account
- Employee donation match to community organisations
- In the easily accessible city centre of Aveiro
- 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

## About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and 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 and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and 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.

Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process.

Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.

If you plan to use AI in any capacity during your candidate journey, please review our [Candidate AI Policy](https://sqsp.link/Sxow3s).

## About Squarespace

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Squarespace is a website building and hosting platform that provides tools for entrepreneurs and creators to build, manage, and grow their online presence, including websites, ecommerce stores, domains, and marketing.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SQSP)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, USA (with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal)
- **Founded**: 2003
- **Founders**: Anthony Casalena

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Website building & hosting, ecommerce, content management, marketing technology
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C – small businesses, entrepreneurs, creators, freelancers, and enterprises building online brands
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “A future where everyone can be an entrepreneur.” Design is the ultimate competitive advantage, making professional online tools accessible to all.

## Products & Services
- **Squarespace Websites**: Drag-and-drop website builder with customizable templates, hosting, and built-in SEO; SaaS.
- **Squarespace Commerce**: Ecommerce platform with inventory management, checkout, payments, and shipping; integrated into websites.
- **Squarespace Scheduling**: Online booking and appointment scheduling tool (formerly Acuity Scheduling); SaaS.
- **Squarespace Domains**: Domain name registration and management.
- **Squarespace Marketing**: Email campaigns, social media integration, and analytics tools to grow customer reach.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (public company; market cap available via stock market data)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$1.0B (LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; no recent funding rounds. Partners include payment processors (Stripe), and the company owns the Unfold brand.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 11.7% year-over-year to 1,523 employees (LinkedIn, about page reports “more than 1,760”). Continues to expand offices in Dublin and Portugal; recognized as Great Place to Work and Best Large Places to Work multiple years.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Design-first philosophy** – every product is built with a focus on aesthetics and usability, differentiating from more utilitarian competitors.
- **All-in-one platform** – customers can get websites, domains, ecommerce, scheduling, and marketing under one roof, reducing the need for third-party integrations.
- **Strong brand and community** – millions of websites created; consistently ranked among top workplace awards, attracting top talent.
- **Flexible work policy** – offers both office-space and home-space classifications, enabling a hybrid model that balances collaboration and remote autonomy.

## Strategic Focus
- **Betting on big ideas** – investing in game-changing products like improved ecommerce features, AI-powered design tools, and deeper integrations.
- **International expansion** – growing engineering and support teams in Dublin and Portugal to serve a global customer base.
- **Inclusion & Impact** – driving diversity through employee resource groups, inclusive policies (20 weeks paid family leave, fertility benefits), and matching charitable donations up to $600 per employee.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Highly collaborative, design-driven, and fast-paced. Emphasis on “protect creativity,” “be the customer,” and “learn fast, act fast.” Strong focus on inclusion with 7 ERGs and an Inclusion Advisory Council.
- **Work flexibility**: Hybrid and remote options are core to the model. Employees can be “Officespace” (in-office at least part of the week) or “Homespace” (fully remote). Previously 13% were fully remote pre-pandemic; now many roles have flexible arrangements.
- **Perks & benefits**:
  - Competitive salary, equity grants, and 401(k) with company match.
  - Up to 20 weeks paid family leave and 12 weeks personal care leave.
  - Fertility and adoption benefits (up to $10k/year, $20k lifetime).
  - Mental health support via Headspace, Talkspace, and EAP.
  - Charitable donation matching ($600/yr).
  - Free Squarespace and Unfold subscriptions for employees.
- **Recognition**: Great Place to Work (US, Ireland); Built In Best Places to Work; Comparably Best Work-Life Balance; Healthiest Employers of NYC; Best Companies for Diversity, Women, and Career Growth.
- **Engineering culture**: Teams work on backend (Java, Go), frontend (React, JavaScript), infrastructure, and product analytics. Open roles include Staff Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and DevOps roles.

## Sources
1. [squarespace.com/about/careers](https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers)
2. [squarespace.com/about/company](https://www.squarespace.com/about/company)
3. [squarespace.com/about/inclusion-and-impact](https://www.squarespace.com/about/inclusion-and-impact)
4. [linkedin.com/company/squarespace](https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarespace)
5. [squarespace.com/careers/jobs](https://www.squarespace.com/careers/jobs)

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