This role pays more than
98%
of similar roles. Most pay
$198,000–$259,212
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$346k
versus about
$229k
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 - Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Underwriting and Credit joins the Credit Modeling team to build and evolve machine learning systems for Cash App Borrow and Afterpay. This role involves managing the full modeling lifecycle, including problem formulation, feature engineering, training, calibration, deployment, and monitoring. The engineer will develop credit decision frameworks, design experiments to evaluate model performance against loss and approval rates, and build agentic engineering workflows using AI tooling for automated testing and documentation. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, PyTorch, XGBoost, LightGBM, SQL, Snowflake, and MLflow, alongside experience with LLMs and agentic coding tools like Cursor or Copilot. The role addresses the challenge of underwriting diverse borrower profiles, including those with thin credit histories, while ensuring model reliability across complex repayment structures and regulatory requirements in the lending space.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $229700 from 72 postings across 27 companies.
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