Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking

About Block Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together. So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next-generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale. Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business and helping sellers worldwide do the same. Square is part of Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), a global technology company with a focus on financial services.

Block

See you in the neighborhood.

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squareup.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Software Development

San Francisco, CA

2009

Public Company

725k LinkedIn followers

• At Cash App, we strive to build the best consumer financial products in the world. The Cash App Banking team aspires to make Cash App the primary place for our customers to store, manage, and move money across all their banking needs. We achieve this by providing various offerings including a range of deposit and transfer options, savings and automation tools, and a suite of benefits for Banking customers, all while ensuring a fast and reliable experience.
• As a staff software engineer on the Cash App Banking server engineering team, you will help lead the overall technical strategy of the team, through close collaboration across teams and disciplines. In addition, you'll drive cross-cutting architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements to make our systems more robust and scalable. You will also foster the growth of aspiring engineers to expand their scope of influence beyond their immediate teams. The things that you build will create significant impact at scale and will fundamentally change the consumer banking landscape as we know it today.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to develop, communicate and execute technical strategies that benefit the Banking organization
• Play a critical role in influencing leaders across the organization and company to drive consistent, sound and efficient technical decisions
• Stay close to the details of systems that power our products by directly contributing to technical designs and staying hands on with code contributions
• Hold your teammates and yourself to high engineering standards
• Leverage your experience and knowledge to grow your teammates' technical breadth and depth through direct coaching and mentoring
• Apply an AI-first mindset in your everyday work, raising the bar of AI application across the team by staying connected to efforts across the organization

• 12+ years of software development or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience leading large scale features, which includes planning, managing and executing on the delivery projects in a timely manner while maintaining a high quality bar
• Drive and experience in identifying, aligning and landing globally optimal solutions in a system with many moving parts
• The ability to design and build creative solutions to complex problems
• A strong track record in helping other engineers grow
• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Technologies We Use and Teach
• Java, Kotlin
• AWS
• HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers
• OkHttp, Jetty, JUnit, Guice
• Hibernate, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis
• Kafka, event-driven architecture, microservices
• DataDog
• Buildkite, Gradle
• While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
• Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
• To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
• Zone A
• $263,600—$395,400 USD
• Zone B
• $263,600—$395,400 USD
• Zone C
• $263,600—$395,400 USD
• Zone D
• $263,600—$395,400 USD
• Application Guidelines
• Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
• Contact us here with hiring practice or data usage questions.
• Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
• Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we’re helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.

• Remote Work
• Medical Insurance
• Flexible Time Off
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Modern Family Planning