This role pays more than
97%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$177,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$272k
versus about
$163k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
53 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$217,800–$326,800
across 52 roles with salary data.
Careers - Senior Software Engineer, Cash App Taxes joins the Tax Engine Server Engineering team to develop the codebase powering the tax filing experience. This role involves translating complex federal and state form logic into seamless software solutions while building tools and guardrails for non-technical contributors. The engineer will design and own high-quality features, drive architectural decisions, and mentor teammates through code reviews and technical discussions. Key responsibilities include ensuring system scalability, security, and reliability while maintaining a focus on an AI-first mindset. The required skill set includes backend development, object-oriented programming, and experience with Java, Kotlin, iBatis, SQL relational databases, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, GCP, AWS, GitHub, HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, Okta, Linear, and AI coding agents. The role solves the problem of simplifying complex tax rules into a reliable user experience.
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Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.