Square
Overview
Square Loans helps business owners access the capital they need to grow and manage their businesses. Our products provide simple, automated financing experiences built on Square's ecosystem. This role is part of a team that focuses on high-impact lending products, combining technical depth with strategic importance. Responsibilities
Solve ambiguous, high-risk, and cross-team challenges in lending systems by working directly in the code and carrying solutions from implementation to resolution. Rethink and evolve lending services and architecture to streamline development and accelerate delivery of new products. Guide the long-term architecture of lending services while contributing hands-on to critical builds. Partner with engineering, product, design, and risk teams to de-risk and deliver initiatives with outsized business impact. Raise the technical bar through design reviews, architectural guidance, and by setting high standards for resilience and maintainability. Mentor engineers to grow their technical depth and leadership capabilities. Advocate for lending needs across Square, ensuring alignment while simplifying integration with other products. You Have
12+ years of industry experience, with significant time designing and scaling large, complex systems A proven record of solving technically knotty problems with high ambiguity and risk Expertise in backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Ruby (and openness to learn others as needed) Experience guiding architecture for critical, high-throughput financial systems or equivalent domains while contributing hands-on to implementations. Strong ability to decompose ambiguous problems, propose pragmatic solutions, and execute to completion Experience influencing without direct authority, building trust across teams and functions Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when working across engineering and non-technical partners Technologies We Use and Teach
Services: Java, Kotlin, Go, Ruby on Rails Data: MySQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, SQS Client: Ember.js, TypeScript, React Native Infra: Protocol Buffers, Temporal, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS Equal Opportunity
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 as confidential as possible.
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Square Loans helps business owners access the capital they need to grow and manage their businesses. Our products provide simple, automated financing experiences built on Square's ecosystem. This role is part of a team that focuses on high-impact lending products, combining technical depth with strategic importance. Responsibilities
Solve ambiguous, high-risk, and cross-team challenges in lending systems by working directly in the code and carrying solutions from implementation to resolution. Rethink and evolve lending services and architecture to streamline development and accelerate delivery of new products. Guide the long-term architecture of lending services while contributing hands-on to critical builds. Partner with engineering, product, design, and risk teams to de-risk and deliver initiatives with outsized business impact. Raise the technical bar through design reviews, architectural guidance, and by setting high standards for resilience and maintainability. Mentor engineers to grow their technical depth and leadership capabilities. Advocate for lending needs across Square, ensuring alignment while simplifying integration with other products. You Have
12+ years of industry experience, with significant time designing and scaling large, complex systems A proven record of solving technically knotty problems with high ambiguity and risk Expertise in backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Ruby (and openness to learn others as needed) Experience guiding architecture for critical, high-throughput financial systems or equivalent domains while contributing hands-on to implementations. Strong ability to decompose ambiguous problems, propose pragmatic solutions, and execute to completion Experience influencing without direct authority, building trust across teams and functions Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when working across engineering and non-technical partners Technologies We Use and Teach
Services: Java, Kotlin, Go, Ruby on Rails Data: MySQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, SQS Client: Ember.js, TypeScript, React Native Infra: Protocol Buffers, Temporal, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS Equal Opportunity
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 as confidential as possible.
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