This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$198,000–$246,150
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$330k
versus about
$222k
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.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Cash App Banking server engineering team, you will lead technical strategy through cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and business leads. You will drive architectural decisions, infrastructure improvements, and high-level technical designs while remaining hands-on with code contributions to ensure systems are robust and scalable. The role involves mentoring engineers to expand their influence and applying an AI-first mindset to daily work. You will solve complex problems within the banking domain, specifically building features for deposit options, transfer tools, and savings automation. Your toolkit includes Java, Kotlin, AWS, and microservices using Kafka in an event-driven architecture. Technical components include HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, OkHttp, Jetty, JUnit, Guice, Hibernate, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, DataDog, Buildkite, and Gradle to create a reliable experience for customers managing their money.
What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?
Median $224000 from 203 postings across 41 companies.