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Risk Engineering works to protect Square and our customers from financial and reputational harm. We build systems to detect and respond to threats, provide controls over the Square platform, and give our sellers seamless experiences to navigate through risk. Our mission is to protect Square and our customers, while making a complicated and sometimes painful process understandable to all.
Risk Engineering is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and successful launch of projects that often span across multiple engineering teams. You will contribute high-quality, impactful technical solutions, removing roadblocks for the team, and apply your expertise to deliver successful outcomes. As an important member of the engineering team, you will lead architectural discussions, provide insightful feedback, and mentor other engineers in both technical and strategic decisions.
Qualifications
You will:
- Take full ownership of projects, including design, implementation, testing, and long-term maintenance
- Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and non-engineering functions
- Cultivate an inclusive, psychologically safe environment to support team well-being and productivity
- Set the technical direction for the team and represent their systems to stakeholders
You Have:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Interest in working full-stack across multiple technical domains
- Experience building products end to end through technical design, implementation, testing, launch, and maintenance
- Metrics-oriented mindset: you want your work to be measurable and impactful
- Comfortable working with a globally distributed team of engineers, data scientists, product managers, and risk experts
- Technologies we use and teach: Java, Guice, Amazon Web Services Go, Ruby on Rails, Ember, React, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers, MySQL, Hibernate, jOOQ
- Have prior experience as a people manager, or the desire to build management experience, is a bonus
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Canada locations are categorized into one of two 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:
$167,500 - $251,300 CAD
Zone B:
$161,800 - $242,600 CAD
Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Check out benefits at Block.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, and TIDAL, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.
