Block
Software Engineer, Payment Interfaces
$185K–$327K
Bay Area, CA, United States of America +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- Bay Area, CA, United States of America
US - CA - Bay Area - Remote - Experience
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; or a Master’s degree; or a PhD; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Builds and operates customer-facing payment APIs and high-volume systems that power payment experiences across Block.
What you'll do
- Design, build, scale, and maintain payment APIs and critical production systems; improve performance, reliability, observability, and security.
- Lead complex engineering projects from requirements and design through delivery, rollout, and ongoing maintenance; coordinate with partner teams.
- Participate in on-call and incident response, use AI-assisted engineering tools, and shape team technical direction through reviews, documentation, and mentoring.
What they ask for
- Experience building and operating customer-facing financial or payment APIs, with a strong understanding of payments.
- Experience designing and operating high-volume, highly available distributed systems where correctness, security, and reliability matter.
- Experience leading complex engineering projects and diagnosing production issues through monitoring, incident response, and preventive engineering.
- Fluency with AI-assisted engineering tools and judgment to validate output and protect sensitive data.
Pay
$217,800 — $326,800 USD (base salary); $207,000 — $310,400 USD (base salary); $196,100 — $294,100 USD (base salary); $185,200 — $277,800 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kotlin, Go, TypeScript, AWS, Kafka
AI focus
Use AI-assisted tools for design, implementation, testing, and debugging; critically evaluate outputs, protect sensitive data, and help teammates adopt approaches that improve quality and delivery.
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