{"id":1446,"date":"2021-11-01T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2023-04-14T17:27:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:27:25","slug":"square-to-add-30-new-jobs-to-its-dublin-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/square-to-add-30-new-jobs-to-its-dublin-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Square to add 30 new jobs to its Dublin office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payments technology company\u00a0Square\u00a0is expanding its Irish presence, adding 30 new jobs to its Dublin office.<\/p>\n

The new roles, which include customer success, software engineering, sales, product management, marketing, legal, finance and accounting, will bring the company\u2019s workforce to 150 people at its European headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is major for us,\u201d said Square\u2019s European executive director\u00a0Jason Lalor. \u201cSince the start of the pandemic, we\u2019ve quadrupled our team size in Dublin, which is no easy feat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new roles will be distributed across Square\u2019s seller and CashApp business units, and will be a mixture of office-based and remote working roles from elsewhere within\u00a0Ireland.<\/p>\n

The company, which is led by Twitter chief executive\u00a0Jack Dorsey, enables its customers to set up online shops, take card payments in person, access earnings faster and manage inventory. It was established in 2009.<\/p>\n

Square officially launched its services to businesses in Ireland in May 2021, but the company has been based here since 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to sit in your home country and see the business growing in front of you,\u201d Mr Lalor said. \u201cThe reasons that we came here and wanted to launch here have been validated and they remain true. It\u2019s down to the fact that this country is so rich in terms of SMEs and micro business who we serve and our aim is continue to grow as they grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The May launch kicked off the company\u2019s expansion into the wider European market, with\u00a0France\u00a0following in September 2021 and\u00a0Spain\u00a0slated for launch in 2022. Long term, the company expects half its business will be outside the\u00a0United States. The new jobs will help Square support that growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leadership team is excited, our colleagues in Dublin are excited,\u201d said Mr Lalor. \u201cIt\u2019s really starting to put us on the map as a true European HQ for this business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Lalor said he was confident the company would be able to fill the roles. \u201cWe see a strong pool of candidates in the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The expansion was welcomed by T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment\u00a0Leo Varadkar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy to see Square expand already, after only officially launching its products here recently. It\u2019s a real vote of confidence in Ireland\u2019s offering,\u201d he said. \u201cSquare is a fantastic addition to the payments industry here.\u201d<\/p>\n

IDA Ireland\u2019s global head of international financial services\u00a0Kieran Donoghue\u00a0said the the Square investment would further enhance Ireland\u2019s reputation as a centre for both digital payments and the commingling of finance and technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cSquare is a global leader and innovator in the payments space. The functions being expanded in Ireland will enable the company to serve a growing customer base in\u00a0Europe, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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