# Software Engineer, Justice Engineering at Block

- Company: Block
- What the company does: Backed by 500 Global.
- Company website: https://blockblock.io
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Bay Area, CA, United States of America
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: http://block.xyz/careers/jobs/5406194008?gh_jid=5406194008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/block-software-engineer-justice-engineering/

## 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

Tags: Engineering - Business Platform