Block

Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking

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Base Salary

$264k - $395k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop, communicate, and execute technical strategies for the Banking organization with cross-functional partners.
  • Influence leaders across the company to drive consistent, sound, and efficient technical decisions.
  • Contribute hands-on to technical designs and code for robust and scalable banking systems.
  • Lead cross-cutting architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements.
  • Maintain high engineering standards and design creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Coach and mentor engineers to expand their technical breadth, depth, and scope of influence.
  • Apply an AI-first mindset and help 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, including a distributed team operating across office and remote locations.
  • Medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning benefits.
  • Inclusive interview experience with reasonable accommodations available for disabled applicants.
  • U.S. roles are generally open for approximately 55 days, and candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period.

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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