Senior Software Engineer, Block
Frontend/Fullstack
$139-245.4k
Salary dependent on location + Employee Stock Purchase Program
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$139-245.4k
Salary dependent on location + Employee Stock Purchase Program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience with a BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Programming depth with JavaScript and Typescript
- Proficiency with CI pipelines and cloud infrastructure (mainly AWS and Cloudflare)
- Excellence in test coverage (unit, and end-to-end)
- Experience being on-call, and are comfortable working under pressure
- Enjoy working in a collaborative environment and partner with other cross-disciplinary teams (designers, design technologists, product managers, data scientists) to achieve optimal results
- An openness to collaboration, feedback and willingness to grow as an engineer
- A sense of customer empathy and desire to influence the product direction
- Understanding and curiosity in creating well thought out, scalable, low-latency, global systems
Desirable
- Experience with Svelte or React
- Experience building Design System
- Experience with content authoring solutions
What the job involves
- The Public Web team is a full-stack engineering team responsible for the architecture, infrastructure and site reliability of Square’s marketing website - www.squareup.com
- Square recently consolidated all members of our web engineering discipline into a centralized organization, specifically to elevate our velocity and quality
- You will be part of this transformational time, to help establish the blueprint for modern and high velocity front-end development at scale, and work with other experts in the web engineering org
- Build and support Square’s Public Web - a surface used by millions of Square sellers to discover the ecosystem of Square’s offerings - ensuring we are proud to sign our names to the experiences we enable there
- Help build a Design System that allows Design Technologists and Content Authors to build pages easily in low-code and no-code manners
- Identify and explore ways to improve application architecture, testing, and build pipeline
- Continually seek to optimize and improve the seller’s and internal customer’s experience
- Iterate rapidly on features, services, and processes
- Hold yourself, and your teammates, accountable to the highest standards of engineering that enables Square to safely move billions of dollars in payments and allow our customers to trust us with their sensitive data
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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