Senior Security Software Engineer, Identity Lifecycle

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

As a Security Software Engineer on Identity Lifecycle, the services you design and build will protect Square’s most valuable assets and provide a great user experience to authorized Square employees around the world.  In this role, you will work with many teams across the company, including other teams within security, as well as platform engineering, IT, and Data Security Governance. 

On the Identity Lifecycle team we strive to provide engineering solutions and access control experiences which balance the practical challenges of compliance with our high bar for security. We believe in the zero trust security model, and are always looking for ways to improve our access control platforms. 

You will:

• Design, develop, and own zero trust authentication and authorization platforms for Square’s evolving corporate and production landscapes. 

• Scale your impact through building access control primitives that engineering teams across the company can leverage in their systems to improve their security posture

• Lead multi-person projects and across engineering teams and stakeholders that reduce access risk 

• Contribute to the monitoring and stability of our team’s existing engineering solutions.

• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Qualifications

You have:

• 8+ years of industry experience

• Demonstrated success architecting and building secure systems with broad company impact

• Experience developing, deploying, and monitoring systems for managing and scaling security investigations, judgements, and actions

Even better:

• Knowledge and experience with Identity Management solutions, Kerberos, SSO, OAuth, or SAML

• Software engineering experience in Ruby, Go, Java or other OOP languages.

• Experience in cloud environments (AWS preferred), Linux containers and orchestration systems (Kubernetes preferred), service mesh architectures and/or Envoy

 

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 $202,500 - USD $247,500
Zone B: USD $192,400 - USD $235,200
Zone C: USD $182,300 - USD $222,800
Zone D: USD $172,200 - USD $210,400

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. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• 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
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits 
• Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources 

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