Principal Software Engineer, Product Server

Job Description

Square recently consolidated some of its backend team across different business verticals under one centralized Product Server organization.

The Product Server organization is a 300+ engineering team owning 150+ backend services in different technical stacks (Go, Java, Kotlin, Ruby, PHP).

This is a transformational time to join our team as a Principal Software Engineer reporting into Product Server Lead to help establish the blueprint for building long term technical strategy, operation principles and engineering excellence culture impacting hundreds of engineers across the company!

As a Principal Software Engineer for Product Server organization, you will :

• Help craft and drive long term technical strategy across different business verticals in Product Server to standardize and ensure operational excellence and efficiency of key production services
• Work with other senior engineers to set technical standards, make strategic technology choices and provide technical leadership on high impact projects
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers across the organization, evolving and instilling a culture of high quality and high velocity work
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines working across several engineering disciplines and leaders at Square.
• As needed, lead by example and dive into hands-on execution to solve for critical incidents and projects.
• Work with your peers to influence Engineering across all of Square and Block

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience building high performance distributed systems and operating them at scale.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3+ years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, and / or cross-business projects.
• Proven record of successfully delivering large infrastructures or migrations (spanning 1+ year) and large teams from start to finish with strong collaboration, communication, and ownership
• Strong technical judgment and expertise with a focus on reliability, scalability, and correctness.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and influence skills.
• Industry expert level know how in few of the key backend technologies we use
• Java, Kotlin, Ruby, PHP, Terraform, GraphQL
• MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, Snowflake
• Protocol Buffers, Kafka, Temporal IO, Envoy
• AWS and other cloud platforms

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area.

The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A : USD $290,000 - USD $435,000

Zone B : USD $290,000 - USD $435,000

Zone C : USD $290,000 - USD $435,000

Zone D : USD $290,000 - USD $435,000

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.

Full-time employee benefits include the following :

• 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

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

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 a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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.

Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.

Block, Inc. (NYSE : SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy.

Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services.

With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects.

Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.