Backed by 500 Global.
About the role
At Block, we strive to build the best products in the world — including the ones our customers never see. The Justice Engineering team builds the systems Block uses to meet its legal obligations to law enforcement, courts, and government agencies.
What they're looking for
- 3+ years of software development or equivalent experience
- Experience building and maintaining production software systems, and delivering well-scoped projects or features end-to-end (design, build, test, ship, operate) with guidance from more experienced engineers
- Worked across the stack, on backend services and on the interfaces people use to operate them
- Drive to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them
- Curiosity about problems that arrive only partly specified, and a habit of asking the questions that make them concrete
- A track record of explaining technical tradeoffs in writing and in person, to engineers and non-engineers alike
More about this role
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
At Block, we strive to build the best products in the world — including the ones our customers never see. The Justice Engineering team builds the systems Block uses to meet its legal obligations to law enforcement, courts, and government agencies.
Every month, Block receives thousands of subpoenas, civil notices, tax levies, liens, and receiverships. Getting each one right matters in both directions: responding late or incompletely exposes Block to financial, criminal, and reputational penalties, while producing more data than a request calls for...
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