Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

Block Inc; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 204,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Block, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer for the Financial Platform Issuing team to design, build, and operate microservices powering card issuance and processing at scale.

You will own end-to-end features from design to production, collaborating across teams to ensure reliability and security in a dynamic payment ecosystem. You will work with Java/Kotlin on AWS, participate in on-call rotations, and apply AI tools to improve development velocity while maintaining rigorous standards and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development or equivalent experience.
• Experience building and maintaining production software systems, delivering well-scoped projects end-to-end with guidance.
• Ability to identify and fix flaws in complex systems with many moving parts.
• Growth mindset and appetite for solving open-ended problems.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and experience using AI-powered developer tools responsibly.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, ship, and maintain features across card issuance, transaction processing, and disputes.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate in design and code reviews.
• Develop systems that fit microservice and event-driven architectures with reliability for money movement.
• Participate in operational ownership of tier-0 financial systems, including on-call and postmortems.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to improve velocity and quality while applying sound judgment.
• Maintain engineering standards and collaborate with teammates to grow skills.
• Support other engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.

Skills

3+ years experience

Production software

End-to-end delivery

AI fluency

Strong communication

Growth mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Software Engineering or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Datadog

Buildkite

Gradle

MySQL

Aurora

DynamoDB

Hibernate

Redis

Job description

Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

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 50+ 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.

The Role

At Block, we strive to build the best financial products in the world. The Financial Platform Issuing team owns the card issuing platform that serves every Block brand - powering Cash App Card, the largest card program of all, alongside Square Card and the new programs Block launches next. We run the full lifecycle of a card: issuance, fulfillment, and activation; real-time transaction authorization and processing across card networks, digital wallet provisioning, 3-D Secure authentication and the disputes systems. When a customer taps their card at a register, our systems decide the outcome in milliseconds, around the clock, in partnership with card networks and bank partners.

As a software engineer on the Issuing server engineering team, you will design, build, and operate the services that power these card experiences, through close collaboration with your team and partner disciplines. You'll own well-scoped features end to end - from design through testing, launch, and operation - and grow your scope as you go. The things you build will run at a massive scale and directly shape how millions of customers across Block spend their money every day.

As a member of the team, you’re:

• Partner closely with your team to design, develop, test, ship, and maintain features across card issuance, transaction processing, and disputes
• Write high-quality, well-tested code, and participate actively in design reviews and code reviews
• Design and implement systems that work within our microservice and event-driven architectures, with the reliability and correctness that moving money demands
• Participate in operational ownership of tier-0 financial systems, including on-call, incident response, and postmortems
• Demonstrate AI fluency by leveraging AI-powered tools throughout the development lifecycle to improve velocity and quality, while applying sound judgment in their use
• Hold your teammates - and yourself - to high engineering standards
• Learn from and support other engineers through code reviews and technical discussions

You Have

• 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
• Drive to find flaws in a system with many moving parts and take whatever steps are necessary to fix them
• A growth mindset and an appetite for solving open-ended and ambiguous problems
• Demonstrated AI fluency, including experience using AI-powered developer tools and the ability to critically evaluate and responsibly apply their outputs
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Java, Kotlin
• AWS
• HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers
• Hibernate, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis
• Kafka, event-driven architecture, microservices
• Datadog
• Buildkite, Gradle
• AI agents and tooling (Goose, Claude, MCP

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

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 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.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.

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.

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.

Zone A:

$142,000 - $213,000 USD

Zone B:

$134,900 - $202,300 USD

Zone C:

$127,800 - $191,600 USD

Zone D:

$120,700 - $181,100 USD

Application Guidelines

Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.

Contact us here with hiring practice or data usage questions.

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.