Block
Software Engineer, Finance Applications
$185K–$327K
Bay Area, CA, United States of America +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Feb 17, 2026
- Location
- Bay Area, CA, United States of America
US - WA - Seattle Metro - Remote - Experience
- 6+ years working on complex systems and delivering quality software.
About the job
Build and operate backend financial platforms, workflow automation, and integrations, while enabling AI-driven engineering across Block’s finance operations.
What you'll do
- Build compliant financial operations and reporting infrastructure, workflow engines, and automations.
- Lead migrations from vendor platforms and own integrations with internal and external systems.
- Translate business and regulatory needs into reliable systems; guide architecture, compliance, and AI-assisted development.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with agentic engineering and an AI-first approach.
- Strong distributed-systems fundamentals and experience with workflow or state-machine systems.
- Proficiency building APIs and integrations, including REST, gRPC, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with financially sensitive or regulated systems, plus collaboration with non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with business-critical platform migrations and phased rollouts.
- Financial-services experience, multi-tenant platforms, or operational analytics.
Pay
USD $217,800 — $326,800 base salary (Zone A); USD $207,000 — $310,400 base salary (Zone B); USD $196,100 — $294,100 base salary (Zone C); USD $185,200 — $277,800 base salary (Zone D)
Tools
Claude Code, Goose (Block's open-source AI agent), Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Kotlin, Java, Python, Kafka
AI focus
Direct AI agents through design, implementation, debugging, and code review; use AI to automate engineering work and improve code quality.
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