Software Engineering • Senior

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 50+ million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world's relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.

 

Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We've been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy

• We are looking for someone based in the PST timezone to provide best coverage with Australia and East Coast teams.

 

The Role

Block's Financial Platform organization is responsible for building systems that power Cash App and Square. The organization owns key financial infrastructure enabling both to operate at scale. Key to the organisation's success is the Bank Rails team. The team build and maintain Cash App's Banking Rails and payment processing systems

This is a role with opportunity - you'll get to drive forward the future of Cash App, working as part of an engineering team to solve high impact problems. We strive to build innovative and valuable solutions by growing diverse teams of people who care about what they do.

You Will

• Work closely with engineers in your team and partner teams to problem solve, plan, design, and build solutions
• Work on new software and maintain existing software
• Work as part of a global team with teammates in Asia, USA and Europe
• Hold yourself to high engineering standards
• Demonstrate ownership - owning solutions end-to-end
• Be willing to learn about and drive improvements to the systems we own
• Value operational excellence

You Have

• 4+ years of software development or equivalent experience
• 1+ year of experience leading features
• The ability own design and build creative solutions to complex problems
• A strong desire to perform and grow as an engineer
• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Java, Kotlin
• MySQL, Vitess
• Datadog
• Amazon Web Services
• Kafka and event-driven architecture
• JUnit, Hibernate, Guice
• HTTP, JSON, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers

 

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.