Senior Engineering Manager, Commerce & Lending

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 Role
As an experienced Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will be leading client engineering within our Commerce and Lending organizations. This role will be responsible for managing multiple engineering teams working on critical financial products including lending platforms, commerce solutions, and payment systems that serve millions of customers globally.
You Will

• Influence directionality for Afterpay and Commerce client experiences; align standards, patterns, and roadmaps across brands and platforms
• Define SDK technical strategy to better serve our commerce partners and customers
• Lead and grow multiple client engineering teams (including developing managers); hire, coach, and build inclusive, high‑performing orgs
• Uphold and raise our design bar in partnership with Design-prioritizing interactivity, motion, haptics, and accessibility to create deep, bold, and fluid experiences
• Drive adoption of modern client UI frameworks and contribute to the evolution of our design system improving quality and consistency
• Improve performance and reliability for customer experiences) with stronger observability and on‑call health
• Increase end‑to‑end automation for critical flows
• Promote and teach the use of AI‑assisted tooling for development including prototyping, debugging, and test generation
• Partner with Trust/Identity/Risk and platform teams to ensure privacy, security, and compliance
• Interact with senior leadership to discuss strategy, goals, progress, risks, and tradeoffs across functions
• Drive technical alignment between different platform approaches while maintaining architectural boundaries
• Collaborate with Product Management leadership and business stakeholders to influence organizational direction

You Have

• 12+ years of related software engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading multiple client/mobile teams and/or managers
• Proven track record delivering high‑performance, customer‑facing mobile experiences at scale
• Experience establishing client engineering patterns and standards across multiple products/brands (commerce, payments, lending), and partnering with identity, risk/fraud, and compliance
• Elevated design quality and accessibility in shipped products
• Strength in org building: hiring, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and manager development
• Familiarity with modern client UI frameworks and design systems; observability and error monitoring; end‑to‑end automation; performance profiling; and experimentation practices

Technologies We Use and Teach

• SwiftUI/UIKit
• Kotlin/Compose
• React/JS
• Cursor/Firebender/Claude Code
• Linear/Notion
• Datadog / Bugsnag
• Mode / Snowflake
• Github

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:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone B:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone C:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone D:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Use of AI in Our Hiring Process
We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.
Contact us at [email protected] with hiring practice or data usage questions.
Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.