SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, VITESS TEAM
Company: Square Capital
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: October 16, 2024
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Job Description:
It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to
take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from
a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem,
developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay,
to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to
our 50+ million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the
world's relationship with money to make it more relatable,
instantly available, and universally accessible.Today, Cash App has
thousands of employees working globally across office and remote
locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration
and impact. We've been a distributed team since day one, and many
of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App
operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to
ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy.The
RoleThe Vitess engineering team is responsible for building and
maintaining the infrastructure that powers some of the largest
databases in Block. - Our mission is to provide scalable relational
databases to engineers that need the speed and power of a SQL-based
datastore, and to do so in a way that's a joy to work with on a
day-to-day basis. We primarily work with a vendor called
PlanetScale to provide a sharded version of MySQL called Vitess to
internal customers that have huge relational datasets. In this
capacity we work with the vendor and internal customers to arrive
at the right solutions for their services, as well as providing
support tooling to make the work of interacting with the database
easier. Our focus is on ensuring that engineers are using the
appropriate amount of resources to maximum effect, getting the
benefits of scalable SQL while keeping the developer experience as
close to stock MySQL as possible.You WillServe as the key point of
contact for migration and scaling needs of teams using the
PlanetScale platformWrite tooling to smooth the developer
experience of Block engineers utilizing a sharded databaseWork
closely with Block engineers to migrate their services off of
Aurora or DynamoDB to VitessBuild out efficient archiving tooling
to stow old data in cold storage and rehydrate when neededDesign
and develop game day failure testing and load testing of the entire
database stack to ensure we always handle outages as gracefully as
possibleYou Have6+ years of software engineering experience
building high performance distributed systems and operating them at
scaleBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
experienceBoundless curiosity, persistence and a desire to get
things doneStrong communication skillsDemonstrated technical
initiative on previous projects is a plusTechnologies We Use and
TeachKotlin, Modern Java (11+), GoHTTP, JSON, gRPC, and Protocol
BuffersMySQL / VitessTerraform, Container services such as
Kubernetes, Istio/EnvoyAmazon Web ServicesWe'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 also consider qualified applicants with
criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess
candidates on an individualized basis.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.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.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. -Zone
A:$198,000-$297,000 USDZone B: $188,100-$282,100 USDZone
C:$178,200-$267,400 USDZone D:$168,300-$252,500 USDBlock, 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.Privacy Policy
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