Software Engineer, Business Identities

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.

Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same. .

The Role

Square’s purpose is economic empowerment; since the company’s beginning, we have been helping numerous people start and manage their own businesses. During the pandemic, many small businesses struggled, as they scramble to adapt to going online to reach their customers.

The Identity Platform team cultivates trusted relationships with Sellers and businesses across the globe and supports their growth by seamlessly connecting them to the Square ecosystem.  We do this by providing authentication and authorization mechanisms and delivering solutions that safeguard access to data while providing account-lifecycle management and session security.  We also provide platform solutions for onboarding Sellers to the ecosystem, which includes verification of identity and business data, regulatory screening, qualifying their activation for payment methods, and supporting identity management throughout the lifecycle with Square. We strive to build an Identity platform that empowers both teams at Square and an ecosystem of third party developers.

This is an opportunity to help build the next generation platform for holistically understanding the real world identity of all participants in the Square ecosystem and beyond. You will be working with a team of highly engaged and passionate individuals on solving a wide range of problems including identity resolution, high availability and low latency and scalable integrations. You will have a chance to help guide the design and development of the platform as well as taking on full ownership of key aspects. 

You Will

• Develop scalable and resilient systems that drive our platform’s evolution
• Help to evolve and develop our identity platform and work with other teams in our organization to move the development forward
• Collaborate with various stakeholders including product managers, designers, compliance, and external vendors
• Lead by example and foster a culture of positivity, psychological safety, and inclusivity within the team
• Provide mentorship and share technical expertise with other engineers 
• Help maintain and improve the processes we use to manage our work

You Have

• 4+ years of industry experience designing and building backend systems using Java or an equivalent language
• A high degree of comfort and a track record of success in high-ambiguity problem spaces
• Experience with customer-facing identity solutions (authorization, authentication, verification, or onboarding workflows) 
• A strong sense of customer empathy and an interest in influencing the direction of a platform

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Java / Kotlin / MySQL / DynamoDB / Graph Databases / gRPC / jOOQ / Redis / Kafka / git / Bazel / AWS / Temporal

Regional EEOC Statements 

United States 

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Canada

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, let your recruiter know. 

Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build an inclusive workplace? Check out our Inclusion & Diversity page.