Company Overview
Block, a leading company in financial services, is dedicated to economic empowerment and is built from many blocks, each serving a unique purpose. Our foundational teams span across People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, and Platform Infrastructure Engineering, providing support and guidance at the corporate level.
Job Description
As a Staff Software Engineer in the Proto division at Block, you will be part of a team that accelerates the world’s transition to a more open economy. Proto's purpose is to develop products that increase access and independence for everyone, starting with initiatives in the Bitcoin space such as Bitcoin mining and Bitkey, a self-custody Bitcoin wallet.
Your role will involve architecting Kotlin Multiplatform solutions or deep experience architecting Kotlin-based Android solutions at scale. You will collaborate with a small cross-discipline engineering team to shape our multiplatform story in a scalable, sustainable, and secure way. This includes deep feature development work in the Bitkey self-custody wallet alongside mobile and server engineers.
Responsibilities
- Ship critical features in a non-custodial, hardware-enabled bitcoin wallet to a global audience.
- Collaborate with and help lead an experienced group of mobile engineers.
- Evolve our multi-platform mobile system architecture.
- Advance our testing capabilities and performance.
- Improve our mobile CI infrastructure.
- Work closely with designers and product managers to build user experiences expanding the offerings of Bitkey.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of engineering experience with a significant focus on mobile development.
- Experience architecting Android mobile applications.
- Some experience or interest in Kotlin Multiplatform.
- Experience designing and building APIs between mobile applications and backend services.
- Knowledge of build tooling such as Gradle.
Technologies We Use and Teach
- Mobile Application: Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform, Swift, SQLite
- Backend Services: AWS, DynamoDB, Rust
- Other: Github, Datadog
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.
Benefits
- 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
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Dental insurance
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