Square to open second Bay Area office in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO - Mar. 25, 2014– Square, the company making commerce easy for everyone, announced today that it will open an office in Santa Clara, growing the company alongside the world’s largest technology corporations. Square will open its new location in Spring 2014. The office will have space for approximately 50 employees.
“Silicon Valley is a thriving and historically successful tech community with the world’s most talented and experienced workforce,” said Bryan Power, Director of Talent at Square. “Opening an office in the Valley makes it easy for South Bay residents to work at Square by relieving the burden of commuting to San Francisco.”
Square makes it easy for local sellers to run and grow their business with simple, affordable, and accessible tools, including free software, hardware, analytics, and low, transparent pricing. In the San Francisco Bay Area, sellers have facilitated nearly $1.5 billion in commerce with Square. More than 100,000 local Bay Area sellers are accepting payments with Square and growing the economy.
In October 2013, Square relocated its corporate headquarters to 1455 Market Street in the Mid-Market neighborhood of San Francisco. The space can accommodate nearly 2,000 employees. Square also has offices in New York, Atlanta, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Tokyo, and more than 800 employees worldwide.
For information on job opportunities at Square, visit Square’s careers page at https://squareup.com/careers.
About Square, Inc.
Square makes commerce easy for everyone. With simple, affordable tools for everything from accepting credit cards to managing a full point of sale and selling online, Square helps businesses start, run, and grow. Square Reader, the free credit card reader for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, allows businesses to accept credit cards anywhere, anytime, for one low, transparent rate. Square’s suite of business tools includes Square Register, an analytics dashboard, Square Market, Square Wallet, and Square Stand. Square also created Square Cash, the easiest way to send and receive money. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Square is currently available in the United States, Canada, and Japan.