Senior Software Engineer - Bitcoin Trading Full-time Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.
The blocks that form our foundational teams provide support and guidance at the corporate level.
They work across business groups and around the globe 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.
Bitcoin Platform The Bitcoin Platform team develops infrastructure for Block to send, receive, and custody bitcoin by operating a stack for both cold, hot, and lightning wallets.
Our goal is to bring bitcoin to people around the world, unlocking previously impossible use cases to accelerate a world built on better money.
The team is composed of engineers that specialize in backend, security, and blockchain engineering.
Bitcoin Platform Engineering is composed of two teams: Custody and Trading Engineering.
We're responsible for managing and improving our hot and cold Bitcoin wallets, handling transfers in and out of our wallets, and working on next generation Bitcoin technology and features.
You will be responsible for designing, building, troubleshooting, and improving Bitcoin platform features, services, and infrastructure.
You have: 5+ years of relevant experience A strong motivation to contribute to a meaningful product that will fundamentally change the way people interact with financial institutions Experience working with Bitcoin/Lightning or the desire to learn Experience working across teams and disciplines Experience building backend systems at scale, involving modern eventing, database, and infrastructure tooling A pragmatic approach with a focus on delivery Ability to excel in macro and micro elements of software design Willingness to contribute to the growth of those around you Demonstrated technical initiative and leadership on previous projects You will: Help enable instant cross-border payments by helping design, build, and deploy a self-custody Lightning solution for the wallet Work with other experts at Block to improve Bitcoin Development Kit and Lightning Development Kit to benefit the broader bitcoin ecosystem and community Influence and define the future blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies leveraged in the wallet and the broader industry Help guide and write code that we can share between our mobile application and backend services Make key architecture and platform choices, leveraging existing Block infrastructure and best practices Collaborate with mobile and firmware engineers, product managers, and infrastructure and service teams throughout the company Own testing, observability, and maintenance for the solutions you and the team create Technologies we use and teach: Java, Kotlin Go JUnit Hibernate, Vitess, Guice Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones.
You may be required to perform work outside of normal business hours as part of this role.
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.
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