Software Engineer, Cash App - Controls
The Software Engineer role on Cash App's Controls team at Block focuses on developing essential platform infrastructure to protect millions of customers while ensuring equitable access to financial services. This team collaborates across engineering, product, and risk departments to build highly available systems that support critical trust and safety decisions within the Cash App ecosystem. As an AI-driven engineering team, they utilize agentic coding tools throughout the development lifecycle, from design to implementation and review.
Key responsibilities include partnering with product managers, designers, engineers, and business leads to scope, plan, design, build, and launch new features, as well as maintaining existing functionality of the product controls ecosystem. The role involves leading technical discussions within the team and contributing to design and product discussions across the organization. Additionally, the engineer will direct AI agents across the full development lifecycle, operating as the architect and decision-maker while AI handles the building.
Candidates should have over six years of experience building and operating highly available services, with a background in cross-functional technical efforts and team coordination. Strong collaboration skills, customer empathy, and a growth mindset are essential. Experience with AI-assisted development tools, such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, is required, along with a commitment to staying current with evolving AI tooling.
The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $180,000 to $270,000 USD, depending on location and experience. Benefits include remote work options, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning support.
Block fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and impact, with a distributed team since its inception. Employees are encouraged to be creative, productive, and happy, contributing to the company's mission of economic empowerment through accessible and secure financial services.