Mobile Engineering Manager, Commerce Payment Network

The Team:

The Cash Commerce team is at the forefront of integrating everyday commerce activities into Cash App, aiming to bridge the gap between businesses and consumers. Our mission is to empower both businesses and consumers to thrive by providing scalable payment tools like Cash App Card and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) with Afterpay. Our focus areas for 2024 and beyond include further integrating Afterpay into Cash App, scaling merchant discovery features, growing Cash App Pay, and fostering more local commerce by connecting our two largest ecosystems, Cash App and Square.
 

The Job:

The Cash App Client Engineering team is looking for an Engineering Manager to help us fundamentally change how people use Cash App today. We’re building a whole new way for people to use their money, expanding the reach of the Cash App network, and the person in this position will play a pivotal role in how we shape, deploy, and grow this new area. You will be personally responsible for the growth of the client engineers on this team; collaborating with your fellow product, design, and server partners on decisions that will directly impact this product; looking out at new technologies and evaluating how they could positively impact the way our customers interact with Cash App everywhere.

You will:

• Manage and grow a team of product-focused mobile engineers.
• Foster a human-centered culture that supports the team in growing together.
• Provide both technical and career guidance for individuals on your team.
• Create a tightly aligned and collaborative partnership between the client and server engineering teams, product, design, and product data science (e.g. shared roadmapping, prioritization, goals, etc.).
• Contribute directly to quarterly and annual strategic plans.
• Support the building of new, exciting functionality into an application designed to provide concrete value to our customers.
• Lead and participate in technical, design, and product discussions with your fellow partners on the team, and with other partners throughout the organization.
• Continue building a world-class team through hiring, coaching, and ongoing development.

You have:

• 3+ years of experience managing and mentoring engineers (including providing feedback, investing in career growth, and growing teams).
• Very strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills in an environment where precision and nuance matters.
• A focus on the design of products from a customer perspective. We are here to make their lives easier, and want to ensure we’re putting our customers first through every piece of engineering.
• Commitment to the continuous improvement of yourself, your teammates, and our software.
• An excitement for sharing your own ideas, and openness to the ideas of others.
• Experience building and maintaining client platforms (eg: SDKs) while balancing requests from numerous internal or external stakeholders.
• Ideally, experience with checkout or payment processing.

Technologies we use and teach:

• [iOS] Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, SQLite
• [Android] Compose, Coroutines, Molecule, SQLDelight, Retrofit, OkHttp, Wire, Moshi, Okio, Picasso, KotlinPoet
• Unit tests, snapshot tests, integration tests
• Accessibility
• Protocol buffers

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 $207,900 - USD $311,900
Zone B: USD $197,500 - USD $296,300
Zone C: USD $187,100 - USD $280,700
Zone D: USD $176,700 - USD $265,100

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.

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, veteran status, 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.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.

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.

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.