Software Engineer, Trust (Identity)

Company Description 

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 57 million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world’s relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible. Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We’ve been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy. Check out our locations, benefits, and more at cash.app/careers. 

Job Description

Cash App has grown rapidly to 57+ million users moving billions of dollars daily. To support this incredible growth, we are building out the Access organization. Our mission is to maximize trust and expand access to our ecosystem, ensuring that every user feels safe and secure while using our platform. We play a critical role in providing financial access to customers who are underserved by traditional financial institutions, and we are committed to creating a seamless and secure user experience. Access is the cornerstone of Cash App, responsible for managing authentication, sessions, authorization, and protecting against account takeover and inauthentic logins. We aim to build a reliable technical foundation and intuitive customer-facing features that enable authentic customers to consistently access their accounts while safeguarding them from unauthorized access and inauthentic actors.

About the teams hiring on Identity:

Identity Verifications: The Identity Verifications team designs and builds solutions that help customers onboard to Cash App. We focus on the initial collection and verification of information that allows customers to access our suite of financial products.

As a member of the Cash App Identity team, you will:

• Design, Build and Support the core systems used to manage identity on Cash App
• Build and design an identity system that is scalable, secure, and reliable
• Creatively solve challenging technical problems at scale
• Leverage industry-leading identify verification technologies 
• Be involved in defining and implementing an expanding roadmap
• Collaborate closely with Compliance and Legal teams to support audits and implement regulatory controls
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to provide support for our services

You have:

• 3+ years working on complex systems and delivering quality software
• Well-developed curiosity and enjoy building creative solutions to complex problems
• Worked on systems where data consistency and availability is required
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Expertise in the full software development life cycle
• Strong communication skills and customer empathy

Technologies we use and teach:

• Java, Kotlin, Golang
• HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers
• MySQL, Hibernate, DynamoDB
• Kafka and event-driven architecture
• DataDog, Prometheus
• AWS, Kubernetes

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.