Senior Software Engineer, Block

Product Server, Square Health & Beauty

$139-245.4k

+ Stock Options. Salary is dependent on location

AWS

Java

Kafka

Redis

Sidekiq

Ruby

MySQL

Rspec

Guice

Rails

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

Financial services ecosystem

Job no longer available

Financial services ecosystem

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

$139-245.4k

+ Stock Options. Salary is dependent on location

AWS

Java

Kafka

Redis

Sidekiq

Ruby

MySQL

Rspec

Guice

Rails

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years relevant industry (or additional academic) experience
Strong familiarity with Ruby and/or Rails
First hand experience building products at scale
Experience executing complex, medium-to-large feature releases that span multiple months
Demonstrated collaboration with co-workers on cross-functional teams and in other locations

What the job involves

As a server engineer within the Health & Beauty team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the backend services that powers all of Square Appointments
You will have direct responsibility for launching critical new features that help our merchants, across the world, manage their schedules, payments, employees and customers
As a senior member of the team you will also advocate for making continuous investments in developer productivity and code quality along with feature delivery
Work closely with other engineers and product managers to design and build delightful software experiences
Build and maintain services owned by our team
Be responsible for the entirety of your features; including design, implementation, automated testing, and rollout
Ship reliable software through continuous integration, test automation, and in-depth code reviews
Grow as an engineer, and as you do you'll lift others around you
Languages and technologies we use and teach:
Languages: Ruby, Java
Frameworks: Rails, RSpec, Sidekiq, gRPC, Guice
Infrastructure: MySQL, Redis, Kafka, AWS

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

Glassdoor (4.1)

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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