Software Engineering Manager, Block

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$189.4-272.3k

Salary is location dependent

AWS

Java

Kafka

Kotlin

MySQL

Prometheus

Guice

Hibernate

JSON

DynamoDB

Expert level

Los Angeles

Remote from US

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Financial services ecosystem

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Financial services ecosystem

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

$189.4-272.3k

Salary is location dependent

AWS

Java

Kafka

Kotlin

MySQL

Prometheus

Guice

Hibernate

JSON

DynamoDB

Expert level

Los Angeles

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.

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Company

Role

Who you are

MUST be based on the West Coast
10+ years of software development or equivalent experience
2+ years experience directly managing engineers
A history of healthy collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other engineering managers on developing roadmaps and executing against them
Experience building scalable infrastructure
Eagerness to share your ideas, and openness to those of others
BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience

What the job involves

Partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to define your team’s vision and roadmap
Lead and participate in technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across the organization
Champion technical excellence and ensure quality as the number of products grow
Build an outstanding team by hiring amazing talent, coaching engineers, fostering pragmatic engineering decision-making, and applying your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar
Lead structure and process changes to ensure teams scale effectively with minimal overhead
Foster ownership, inclusiveness, accountability, pragmatism, and urgency in the team

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.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

19% employee growth in 12 months

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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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