Senior Software Engineer, Block
Credit Inventory
$126.4-223.1k
+ Stock purchase program
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$126.4-223.1k
+ Stock purchase program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
- Interest in building modern, scalable architectures using AWS technologies, including DynamoDB, SQS, Lambdas, Step Functions, etc
- Interest in working on back-end systems using Go and Ruby on Rails. Systems include everything from APIs and business logic to optimizing databases, streams, and software engines
- Interest in working on frontend interfaces using Typescript and React
- Interest in modeling complex domains and building resilient systems to support real world applications
Desirable
- Bonus: Prior experience working in lending, underwriting, or risk management
What the job involves
- As a full-stack software engineer on the Credit Underwriting Team, you will help us grow and expand access to credit for our Square sellers. You will be responsible for designing, building and owning sophisticated underwriting services that leverage data and machine learning technologies to originate and approve a variety of lending products
- Our customers are internal teams iterating on existing loan products as well as experimenting with brand new loan structures. Our backend is the powerhouse behind all of loan origination, and our frontend enables product teams to customize, test, and manage the credit policies behind these loans
- You will work primarily on our backend systems with regular contributions to our frontend as well
- Work closely with product, data science, and other engineering teams to enable innovative new lending products. This includes building new fullstack self-serve platform features, working with new data sources and data pipeline technologies, and more
- Collaborate with other engineering teams on exciting new lending initiatives and products
- Modernize our entire underwriting process to be cloud-first and scale to meet Square's growth needs for years into the future
- Build systems that collect and maintain customers confidential data, while holding Square to the highest standards for security and compliance
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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