Staff Software Engineer, Block
Backend
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- You prefer designing a solution in collaboration with stakeholders before starting code and excel in technical discussions
- You collaborate with teammates and present ideas to aim for the highest quality
- You want and like to work as a team with friendly colleagues rather than alone
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience designing and shipping scalable, reliable and maintainable systems
- 2+ years of leading projects
- Experience effectively managing demanding stakeholders and partner relationships
- Experience with cloud service providers (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
- Skills with:
- Java frameworks
- Spring Boot
- AWS, Docker
Desirable
- Frontend development experience using modern JS frameworks (React, Node.js or others)
- CICD: Jenkins, Spinnaker
- DataDog, Databricks, Terraform
What the job involves
- TIDAL is on a mission to serve artists and fans alike
- As we are growing our artist focus we are scaling up our teams to support the mission of providing artists with empowerment and we are looking for an experienced lead to drive our efforts in our Membership platform and take ownership to build new products and services in an exciting setting
- The Subscription engineering team is responsible for the systems that power customer acquisition, retention and payments and as such plays a key role in the success of TIDAL
- The team works tightly with other teams throughout TIDAL and BLOCK to create great experiences and products on great technology
- As a Staff Software Engineer in TIDAL, you appreciate close and collaborative work with other TIDAL teams
- You will lead a team of backend Java engineers in driving improvements to TIDAL's memberships platform
- You will mentor the team and make sure it is thriving and driving the technical direction of the team
- Technical leadership acumen and business understanding are important factors for this role
- Experience from an eCommerce and payments setting is highly relevant
- You Will:
- Lead a team of 7 Engineers Lead a team of 7 Engineers
- Drive discussions by presenting ideas and designs to the team
- Take full ownership, scope, build and scale products
- Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and implement it
- Design and build scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems
- Expert on how services operate on an infrastructural level, be familiar with modern Public Cloud services, deployment strategies, and monitoring systems
- Lead complex projects where you take full ownership of the end to end ideation, design, build and maintenance
- Build and maintain great relationships with stakeholders in and outside the tech department
- Lead and build a high performing team and mentor other engineers in best practices and design/architecture
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- Retirement Plans including company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
- Paid parental and caregiving leave
- Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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