Senior Security Engineer, Security Engineering & Operations

Block

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Work type: On-site
Location: CA
Salary: $180,000–$270,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $225k

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About Block

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Block currently has 259 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $207,900–$285,900 across 51 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer, Security Engineering & Operations

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Join the Security Engineering & Operations team at Block as a senior software engineer where you will design and build scalable, cloud-native security data pipelines and detection systems using SIEM platforms and event-driven architectures to protect Block's systems and users. You'll collaborate with InfoSec, Compliance, and Partner Product teams to strengthen our security posture through threat scenario design and Kubernetes security controls while participating in on-call rotations for rapid response. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience as a programmer or developer, familiarity with cloud-native technologies like Google Cloud Platform's Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery, and AWS services such as Lambda, and proficiency in Ruby, Go, or Java.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform AWS Kubernetes Ruby Go Java Pub/Sub Dataflow BigQuery Cloud Functions Google Kubernetes Engine Cloudtrail Simple Queue Service Simple Notification Service Lambda SIEM Event-driven architectures Large-scale log processing

What you'll do

Design and build scalable, cloud-native security data pipelines.
Implement detection systems using SIEM platforms and event-driven architectures.
Strengthen the organization's security posture through threat scenario design.
Participate in on-call rotations to respond to security incidents promptly.
Collaborate with SRE teams to enhance Kubernetes and cloud-native security.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in software development or a similar role.
Strong interest and hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies like GCP and AWS.
Experience designing and implementing security data pipelines and detection systems.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Ruby, Go, and Java.
Comfortable collaborating across teams to address problems and set priorities.
Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native security controls.

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