Job Description
As a Software Engineer on the Payments team at Block, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining the Payments Platform services and infrastructure that securely move money for Square. This position requires a deep involvement in the technical details of building highly available and reliable services. You will collaborate with product teams to enable Square to rapidly build new capabilities for our merchants and buyers worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Teams: Work with engineering, product, and other partners to build software that is clean and forward-thinking.
- API Development: Design and develop modern APIs that integrate various surfaces with server backends.
- System Engineering: Drive engineering of well-designed, reusable, and secure systems to advance payment acceptance and secure Square customers.
- Promote Best Practices: Promote engineering best practices and help define the technical roadmap for the team.
- Operational Excellence: Focus on operational excellence to deliver fault-tolerant systems enabling the team to move fast without negatively affecting our customers.
- Authentication Mechanisms: Raise awareness and promote the adoption of new authentication mechanisms within Square and beyond.
Qualifications
- Experience: 2+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education: BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Skills: Experience in the delivery of high-scale software solutions.
- Collaboration: Eagerness to learn, share your ideas, and work with others.
- Growth: Willingness to collaborate and grow as an engineer.
Preferred Qualifications
- JVM Languages: Enterprise experience with JVM languages (Java, Kotlin).
- Frontend Components: Experience building frontend components (Javascript, React, Ember).
- Payments Industry: Experience working in the payments industry.
Compensation
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: $135,200—$202,800 USD
- Zone B: $128,500—$192,700 USD
- Zone C: $121,700—$182,500 USD
- Zone D: $115,000—$172,400 USD
Join Block and be part of a team that is building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, helping sellers worldwide do the same.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Market-based pay
- Opportunities for growth
- Collaborative work environment
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