Senior Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

The Privacy Engineering team was formed to build tools and provide guidance for engineering teams to collect, store, and analyze data responsibly. Security and privacy are closely linked, but where security focuses on the meta level of protecting data and assets as a whole, privacy zooms in to focus on the type of information collected, stored, and used, and how that information may violate expectations or breach trust. Privacy Engineering provides technology and abstraction layers to enable the employees at Block to do their job while being customer-centric and minimizing risks to  the individual.

Privacy Engineering aims to be a resource and enabler of responsible data use, not a gatekeeper. Our technological solutions are designed to make the most common data use cases easier for the employees at Block, but not to restrict or exclude uncommon data use cases that are responsible and compliant. We promote privacy enhancing technologies. Working with other teams within security, engineering, and legal, we set reasonable expectations for anyone looking to build systems or products at Block.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the team at Block, you will build internal products and infrastructure to protect Block’s customers’ privacy and collaborate with many teams across Block, including product engineering teams, privacy counsel, and teams within security and platform engineering.  You will be fully remote and report to the Data & Machine Learning Platform Engineering Manager. #LI-Remote

You Will:

• Design and develop services or infrastructure that support data privacy initiatives and consumer’s privacy rights across Block’s engineering ecosystem
• Help define the technological future of privacy at Block
• Collaborate with other engineering teams incorporating privacy engineering products into their engineered solutions
• Provide mentorship and reviews for engineering teams working with privacy technologies
• Contribute to the monitoring and stability of our team’s existing engineering solutions

Qualifications

You Have:

• Minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience
• Experience writing quality scalable, robust and testable code
• Interest in learning new technologies or languages
• Experience cutting across services, infrastructure, or frameworks in novel ways to achieve security and privacy goals

Even Better:

• Experience designing novel yet robust security or privacy architectures
• Experience developing or maintaining services or processes to meet data governance needs
• Experience designing novel ways to understand and surface data flow, access control, and risk
• Experience explaining complex technical security or privacy concepts 

We use and teach:

• Java
• Linux, Terraform, AWS, MySQL

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $198,000 - USD $297,000
Zone B: USD $188,100 - USD $282,100
Zone C: USD $178,200 - USD $267,400
Zone D: USD $168,300 - USD $252,500

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees) 
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

US and Canada EEOC Statement

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

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 confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

We’ve noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where individuals are sending fake job offer emails. Contact from any of our recruiters or employees will always come from an email address ending with @block.xyz, @squareup.com, @tidal.com, or @afterpay.com, @clearpay.co.uk.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.