Backend Software Engineer, Remittances

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Remote
153K-270K Annually
Senior level
Blockchain • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
We want to make the world’s relationship with money more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.
The Role
As a Backend Software Engineer at Cash App, you will design and implement systems for a new financial product within the Cash App ecosystem, owning features throughout their lifecycle, collaborating with teams, and ensuring high technical standards in software testing and delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 50+ million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world's relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.
Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We've been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy.
The Role
Cash App leads financial innovation, and continuing in that tradition we are launching a new financial product for international payments into the Cash App ecosystem. The ideal person will play a role in creating technical designs, implementing systems, and integrating this new product into Cash App.
You Will

  • Play a role in developing product requirements for new features as we go from 0 to 1
  • Design, build and own projects at scale
  • Own features throughout their lifecycle, from inception to supporting production
  • Collaborate with your teammates, learn from them and teach them
  • Prioritize maintainable and well-tested code
  • Work with stakeholders, including other engineering teams and with cross-functional teams
  • Contribute to shared technologies, including our open source projects


You Have

  • 5+ years of experience building and operating quality software.
  • Demonstrated technical initiative in previous projects.
  • Strong communication skills and customer empathy.
  • High technical standards in software testing and delivery.
  • A growth mindset and a healthy comfort with ambiguity.
  • Bonus: Experience working in a distributed team.


Technologies We Use and Teach

  • Kotlin
  • AWS
  • HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, GraphQL
  • JUnit, Guice
  • Hibernate, MySQL over Aurora, Dynamo DB
  • Kafka, SQS, events, microservices
  • DataDog


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.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$180,000 - $270,000 USD
Zone B:
$171,000 - $256,600 USD
Zone C:
$162,000 - $243,000 USD
Zone D:
$153,000 - $229,600 USD
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. Remote work, healthcare coverage, flexible time off, and modern family planning are just some of our offerings. Check out our other benefits at Block.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.

Top Skills

Kotlin

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The Company
Los Angeles, CA
3,500 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic app, bringing a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our millions of monthly active users. With a mission to redefine the world's relationship with money by making it more relatable, instantly available and universally accessible, at Cash App you'll have the opportunity to make a real-world impact with your career.

Why Work With Us

At Cash App, our mission is simple yet ambitious: to redefine the world’s relationship with money by making it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible. To make this real, we’re building a team of dreamers, innovators, and risk-takers to break the mold of what a financial brand can be. If that’s you, then come join us.

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Employees work remotely.

Cash App has always been a distributed team. We collaborate across time zones & locations around the world. Work from home, one of our offices or both

Typical time on-site: None
Los Angeles, CA

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