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Squarespace Engineering Team in Aveiro, Portugal
Working on Squarespace’s Portugal engineering team in Aveiro means joining a growing, multicultural, and inclusive workplace. The Squarespace Aveiro office, opened in 2023, offers a warm, relaxed environment where collaboration comes naturally and teammates are eager to help. Engineers benefit from a supportive culture focused on innovation, personal growth, mentorship, flexibility, and work-life balance. With a hybrid work model, employees can connect with colleagues in person while also enjoying the flexibility of working from home. It’s a dynamic place to build meaningful products, share ideas, and grow their careers in one of Portugal’s most charming cities.
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What People Are Saying About Squarespace
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Team Support: Colleagues are often seen as approachable and helpful in a small, multicultural Aveiro hub, with pairing, code reviews, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing built into the workflow. The office is described as warm and friendly, supporting an environment where collaboration comes naturally.
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Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work is standard in Aveiro (commonly around three office days), and flexible time off is emphasized, supporting a sustainable pace. A relaxed local atmosphere is presented as making in-person collaboration purposeful rather than burdensome.
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Innovation & Products: Engineers in Aveiro work on core products like Domains and Acuity Scheduling, tackling architecture, scalability, reliability, testing, and production monitoring. This points to hands-on impact on global, customer-facing systems rather than isolated maintenance.
What People Are Saying About Squarespace
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Innovation & Products: As the company’s headquarters, New York teams are closely connected to building and evolving core products that power a global platform. Feedback suggests a design-forward mindset and tangible production impact are central to the work.
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Work-Life Balance: Feedback suggests the New York office benefits from flexible time off and a culture that supports sustainable pacing. Hybrid work styles are used to combine purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, without prescribing a rigid cadence.
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Learning & Development: Feedback suggests New York engineers have access to mentorship, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing that reinforce engineering craft. These practices are positioned as part of everyday workflows, supporting growth alongside delivery.
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At a glance
what makes our culture unique
Squarespace Portugal offers a multicultural, inclusive workplace for engineers in Aveiro, bringing together team members from across Portugal and around the world. Based in a warm, friendly boutique office opened in 2023, the Aveiro engineering team thrives in a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives, shared ideas, and mutual support shape the daily experience.
Squarespace’s culture is built around innovation, personal growth, flexibility, and work-life balance. With mentorship, access to digital learning resources, and a hybrid work model, employees are empowered to grow their careers, connect with colleagues in person, and do meaningful work while maintaining balance in their personal lives.
