Senior Software Engineer, Block

Families

$172.2-247.5k

Salary is dependent on candidates location. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

AWS

Java

Kafka

Kotlin

MySQL

Prometheus

Guice

Hibernate

JSON

DynamoDB

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

Financial services ecosystem

Job no longer available

Financial services ecosystem

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

$172.2-247.5k

AWS

Java

Kafka

Kotlin

MySQL

Prometheus

Guice

Hibernate

JSON

DynamoDB

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Drive to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them
The ability to design and build creative solutions to complex problems
A strong desire to perform and grow as an engineer
Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

What the job involves

As a senior software engineer on the Cash App Families engineering team, you will lead the technical design, execution, and delivery of new experiences that empower families to manage their personal financial life in ways that are universally accessible, magically relevant, and impossibly simple
Our current focus is to build unique experiences tailored to teenagers and their respective parents/guardians
In addition, you'll drive architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements to make our systems more robust and scalable
The products that you build will create significant impact at scale and will fundamentally change how families manage their money
Partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to scope, plan, design, and build new features as well as maintain existing functionality of families features
Lead and participate in critical technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across the organization and company
Design systems to work within our microservice and event-driven architectures
Hold your teammates—and yourself—to high engineering standards
Leverage your experience and knowledge to grow your teammates’ technical breadth and depth through direct coaching and mentoring

Our take

Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.

The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.

Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

19% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (4.1)

Company

Company benefits

Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
Retirement Plans including company match
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
Paid parental and caregiving leave
Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
Learning and Development resources
Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Jack Dorsey

(CEO)

Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.

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