Block

Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking

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4 days ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to develop, communicate, and execute technical strategies for the Banking organization.
  • Influence leaders across the company to drive consistent, sound, and efficient technical decisions.
  • Contribute directly to technical designs and code while driving architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements.
  • Design and build creative solutions to complex problems while maintaining high engineering standards.
  • Coach and mentor engineers to expand their technical breadth, depth, and organizational influence.
  • Apply an AI-first mindset and raise the team’s use of AI applications.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software development or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years leading large-scale features, including planning, managing, and executing delivery projects while maintaining a high quality bar.
  • Experience identifying, aligning, and implementing globally optimal solutions in complex systems.
  • Ability to design and build creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Strong track record of helping other engineers grow.
  • Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • Remote work options, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning benefits.
  • Work is available across office and remote locations in countries where Cash App operates.
  • Pay is listed in Canadian dollars for Canada Zone A and Zone B locations.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSBuildkiteDatadogGradlegRPCJavaJUnitKotlinMySQLRedis

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About Block

10,000+ employees

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

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