Software Engineer, Block
New Graduate
$106.3-125k
Dependent on location
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$106.3-125k
Dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Expected graduation between December 2022 and May 2023 and are completing a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a related technical field. Bootcamp graduates and engineering training participants are also considered upon completion of program requirements
- Programming experience in one or more object-oriented languages, including Kotlin, Java, Ruby, Scala, Go, or Python
What the job involves
- Within 1 month, you'll:
- Get assigned and set up recurring meetings with your onboarding mentor
- Learn about the business and dive into the inner workings of our platform and our codebase, all while learning Python, Kotlin, a small bit of TypeScript, and general software engineering best practices
- Tackle your first ticket by committing changes and deploying your code to production
- Within 3 months, you'll:
- Help maintain both a codebase and a team culture that are a joy to work in
- Become leveled up on our technical stack, and support a variety of work including building product features, improving our testing suite, and expanding / refactoring APIs
- Learn how the business operates and makes decisions as part of Block's culture of ownership, transparency, and collaboration
- Work closely with your mentor and the rest of your team, receiving feedback through coaching, code reviews, and 1:1 meetings
- Within 6 months, you'll:
- Be equipped to deliver features and improvements with minimal guidance or support from other team members
- Help the team by performing code reviews and giving/receiving thoughtful feedback from other engineers and teammates in your product/design team
- Establish strong working relationships with your peers and leaders, practicing transparency and visibility in your progress against assignments
- Join the on-call rotation and help the team pay down technical debt and improve reliability
- Gain a more robust understanding of the needs of the product and become more comfortable with diagnosing problems
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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