Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

Block

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $142,000–$213,000 / yr
Posted: 30 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $184k

This role $178k

$107k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $178k versus about $184k 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 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $217,800–$326,800 across 52 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

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Careers - Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing joins the Financial Platform Issuing team to design, build, and operate the core card issuing platform powering Cash App Card, Square Card, and upcoming programs. You will manage the full lifecycle of a card, including issuance, fulfillment, activation, real-time transaction authorization, processing across networks, digital wallet provisioning, 3-D Secure authentication, and dispute systems. Working within microservice and event-driven architectures, you will write high-quality code and participate in design reviews while ensuring the reliability required for moving money. The role requires proficiency in Java, Kotlin, AWS, Hibernate, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Kafka. You will also utilize Datadog, Buildkite, Gradle, and AI-powered tools like Goose, Claude, and MCP to maintain tier-0 financial systems that process transactions in milliseconds for millions of customers across various card networks.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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Skills

Java Kotlin AWS HTTP JSON gRPC Protocol Buffers Hibernate Aurora MySQL DynamoDB Redis Kafka Microservices Event-driven architecture Datadog Buildkite Gradle Goose Claude MCP

What you'll do

Design, develop, test, and maintain features for card issuance, transaction processing, and dispute systems.
Write high-quality, well-tested code while participating in active design and code reviews.
Build and operate services within a microservice and event-driven architecture to ensure financial reliability.
Provide operational ownership of tier-0 financial systems, including on-call rotations and incident response.
Leverage AI-powered tools throughout the development lifecycle to improve engineering velocity and quality.
Solve complex, open-ended problems related to high-scale payment processing and card networks.

What we're looking for

You must have at least 3 years of software development or equivalent experience.
You must possess a Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
You must have experience building and maintaining production software systems and delivering features end-to-end.
You must demonstrate AI fluency by using AI-powered developer tools and critically evaluating their outputs.
You should possess strong communication and collaboration skills.
You must be able to solve open-ended and ambiguous problems with a growth mindset.
You must be capable of identifying and fixing flaws in complex systems with many moving parts.

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