Staff Software Engineer, Block
Issuing, Financial Platform
$168.3-297k
Salary range is dependent on location. Plus equity
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$168.3-297k
Salary range is dependent on location. Plus equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience delivering quality software
- Natural curiosity to learn new technologies, solve interesting problems and build quality software
- Desire to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them
- Desire to perform and grow as an engineer
- Technical initiative and leadership on previous projects
What the job involves
- Cash App’s Financial Platform team is responsible for building systems that power products built by Cash App. We build deep integrations with underlying financial infrastructures and ensure that our products are able to scale
- At Block, the Issuing team is at the heart of our operations, powering tens of millions of cards for Cash and Square. We're on a mission to create a robust platform that handles everything from card lifecycle and KYC to card fulfillment, transaction processing, disputes, and fraud
- Our work is critical in building trust and efficiency for our customers, making their financial operations seamless and secure. As a key member of our team, you will be focused on expanding our disputes and fraud platform
- Design, build and support the core systems for our cards programs
- Refactor and uplift existing systems and build new services
- Creatively solve challenging technical problems at scale
- Partner closely with product managers, data scientists, product engineers, business leads, third party vendors to define our roadmap
- Have autonomy to research and achieve outcomes with support when you need it
- Contributing to the growth of our development capabilities through leading, mentoring and supporting fellow engineers
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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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
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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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