Software Engineer, Compliance

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.

The Role

Compliance Program Engineering builds investigative tools to find and stop criminal activity and other bad behavior across all of Block's product offerings. We work closely with compliance specialists to translate policy requirements into scalable systems. As a Software engineer you will own and develop mission critical systems that keep Block compliant and help define strategic opportunities for the future.

You Will

• Design and implement tools to detect bad activity on our platform, automate workflows, and meet regulatory requirements


• Collaborate with cross functional partners to bridge domain problems and engineering solutions


• Help shape and influence our roadmap to scale our solutions for the future


• Foster a positive team culture around engineering excellence, learning, and growth

You Have

• 5+ years of industry experience or equivalent doing backend software development


• Kotlin, Java, or other object oriented software development experience


• Experience with systems requiring a high level of correctness and auditability

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Kotlin, Protocol Buffers, AWS (to name a few)


• Event-driven and microservice architectures


• Both relational and garden variety wide column NoSQL databases

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 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 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 .

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.