Recent Graduate Software Engineer, Block
Banking Core
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Expected graduation between May 2021 and May 2023 and are completing a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math or a related technical field, as well as boot camp graduates and engineering training participants with 1+ years of software development or equivalent experience (including internships and co-ops)
- Drive to find flaws in a system 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 software engineer on the Banking Core server engineering team at Cash App, your primary role will be to drive the technical design, execution, and delivery of new banking products. This will help make Cash App the best place to deposit money by providing best-in-class banking utility, incentives, and trust
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to scope, plan, design, and build new features as well as maintain existing functionality
- 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 support your teammates
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
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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