Senior Software Engineer, Payment Pricing & Cost Platform

Job Description

Square processes billions of dollars worth of transactions every year. At that scale, even small optimizations can lead to huge business impact. Payment Pricing & Cost Platform makes data-driven improvements to core payment profitability by focusing on pricing and cost of a payment. This work has a direct impact on Square’s profitability and financial success. The team's engineers work together closely with data scientists and analysts. It offers competitive pricing optionality that serves all Square sellers, provides understandable and predictable pricing and supports reliable and transparent costs.

We are looking for a senior backend Software Engineer to help us expand our pricing and cost solutions and scale our platform. As a senior member of the team, you will:

• Design scalable and reliable systems that solve the problems related to pricing, and costs
• Implement the designed solutions and new features and optimize them
• Work cross-functionally with our product, business, and finance teams to develop Square’s global payments strategy
• Grow as an engineer and lift others around you in the process by providing technical mentorship and guidance
• Help contribute to a culture of positivity, psychological safety, and inclusivity

Qualifications

You have:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical, working experience (5+ years preferred)
• Experience in working cross-functionally and building architecting data-driven solutions
• Innate curiosity and a desire to be responsible for all aspects of reliably moving billions of dollars in a small, highly focused team
• Understanding and curiosity in creating highly available, scalable, low-latency data systems
• Interest in changing the payments landscape in the US and globally

Technologies we use:

• Java, Python, Ruby
• Guice, Guava, gRPC, Protocol Buffers
• MySQL, Aurora, Airflow, Tensorflow, Kafka, Google Cloud Platform, AWS

Additional Information

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.

• Zone A: USD $163,600 - USD $245,400
• Zone B: USD $155,400 - USD $233,200
• Zone C: USD $147,300 - USD $220,900
• Zone D: USD $139,000 - USD $208,600

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• 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
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits

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 a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.