Senior Software Engineer, Lightning Intelligence

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
Ourteam is part of our Bitcoin Platform team which sits within TBD's business. We pride ourselves on being the first publicly traded company to adopt Bitcoin's Lightning network here at Block. Over the years, Lightning usage has increased and we're doubling down on providing tools and services to augment sending and receiving Lightning payments. The Lightning Intelligence team is looking for engineers to help improve and expand Lightning usage at Block. One of our first projects is improving data about the lightning network and helping our partners make more informed decisions when they peer with other nodes and send payments.
As a key member of our Lightning Intelligence team, you won't just be tasked with software development; we seek a visionary committed to our values. Your role will be innovating and building a robust risk management service, and working closely with our product and compliance teams. You will play a key role in protecting our ecosystem, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while also balancing the privacy-preserving ethos of the Lightning Network.
In this role you will:

• Design and build the first systems to help Bitcoin Platform to assess and act quickly on risks to our Lightning services
• Integrate with third party data sources, to feed in additional attribution data to our risk engine
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
• End to end own the life cycle of the systems that you will build, from design to release and beyond

Qualifications
You have:

• 6+ years of experience in developing large-scale platforms and backend systems
• 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.

Technologies we use and teach:

• Go, Kotlin, Java
• AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
• Datastores of all kinds (such as MySQL, DynamoDB, and Snowflake)
• Monitoring and visualization tools (such as Datadog and Looker)

Qualifications
You have:

• 6+ years of experience in developing large-scale platforms and backend systems
• 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.

Technologies we use and teach:

• Go, Kotlin, Java
• AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
• Datastores of all kinds (such as MySQL, DynamoDB, and Snowflake)
• Monitoring and visualization tools (such as Datadog and Looker)