Senior Software Engineer, Banking Platform (AI‑Driven Cloud)

Block; California (MO); On-site; USD 207,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Medical insurance

Retirement savings plans

Flexible time off

Modern family planning

Job summary

Block is hiring for the SFS Bank Platform team to design and build features for a core banking ledger and integrated Block products. You’ll help on gateways to bank networks and automations across finance, treasury, and accounting teams.

You will work on high‑impact systems handling sensitive data, focusing on correctness, fault tolerance, and AI‑driven development. This is a remote‑forward team with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience leading large scale features, planning and delivering with high quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features into our banking platform.
• Partner with engineering teams to onboard products to SFS.
• Build systems handling sensitive data with high security and compliance.
• Prioritize correctness and fault‑tolerance.
• Use AI tools to accelerate development and efficiency.
• Ensure operation of critical services and durable fixes.
• Lead technical design and delivery of large‑scale features.
• Mentor teammates to elevate engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud

Kotlin

Go

AWS

AI tools

Public APIs

Security

Customer empathy

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kotlin

Go

Temporal.io

Kubernetes

AWS Fargate

ECS

Aurora

DynamoDB

Kafka

Job description

Block is hiring for the SFS Bank Platform team to design and build features for a core banking ledger and integrated Block products. You’ll help on gateways to bank networks and automations across finance, treasury, and accounting teams.

You will work on high‑impact systems handling sensitive data, focusing on correctness, fault tolerance, and AI‑driven development. This is a remote‑forward team with global collaboration.