Software Engineer, Investing

Job Description

At Cash App, we strive to build the best consumer financial products in the world. The Investing team aspires to make Cash App the most valuable and effortless place to build financial health through building delightful and differentiated end-to-end investing experiences for our customers.

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for creating and improving the Cash App Investing platform and infrastructure. Since its launch in 2019, our stock brokerage product has seen significant adoption, and you’ll contribute to platform improvements to make our systems more robust and scalable. The things you’ll build will create significant impact at scale and bring the Investing landscape to the next level.

As a Member Of The Team, You Will

Partner closely with brokerage operations, legal & compliance, product managers, and other engineers to take the Investing platform to the next level.
Learn about the mechanics and regulations of securities trading.
Design systems to work within our microservice and event-driven architectures.
Hold your teammates—and yourself—to high engineering standards.
Communicate clearly and effectively.
Participate in on-call rotation.

You Have

2+ years of software development or equivalent experience.
An open mind and desire to learn.
A strong desire to perform and grow as an engineer.
Ability to excel in macro and micro elements of software design.
A pragmatic approach with a focus on delivery.
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

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, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

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.