Senior Software Engineer, Employee Experience Engineering

Block

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $217,800–$326,800 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$186,225 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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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 41 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Employee Experience Engineering

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Careers - Senior Software Engineer — Employee Experience Engineering (EXE) joins the Corporate Engineering organization to build and operate engineering platforms, services, and integrations that improve the employee journey. You will design, build, and maintain scalable internal applications, backend services, and automated workflows covering hiring, onboarding, and corporate service access. The role involves owning software solutions end-to-end, from technical design to deployment and monitoring, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions. You will utilize full-stack technologies including React, Ruby on Rails, and relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL to develop RESTful APIs. Key responsibilities include providing technical leadership through architecture discussions and code reviews while ensuring system reliability, observability, and performance within a distributed systems environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

React Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL MySQL AWS RESTful APIs CI/CD Distributed Systems System Design Observability Automated Testing AI Full-stack Development

What you'll do

Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable internal applications and backend services.
Develop automated workflows to improve the employee experience during hiring, onboarding, and service access.
Build and maintain APIs to connect internal platforms, enterprise applications, and third-party services.
Own software solutions end-to-end from technical design and implementation through deployment and monitoring.
Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, and mentoring.
Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and overall maintainability.
Contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term platform architectural decisions.
Explore emerging technologies like AI-powered capabilities to improve engineering productivity and workflows.

What we're looking for

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production applications.
Strong full-stack development experience including modern frontend and backend technologies.
Experience with React, Ruby on Rails, or comparable frameworks.
Experience designing, developing, and integrating RESTful APIs and backend services.
Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, data structures, and engineering fundamentals.
Experience with distributed systems, service reliability, and observability.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production monitoring.

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