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Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Mental Health Benefits
Gender Affirming Care
Fitness Stipend
Wellness Programs
Employee Assistance Program
401(k) / Retirement Plan
401(k) Match
Equity / RSUs
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Performance Bonus
Pay Transparency
Relocation Assistance
Financial Planning
Commuter Benefits
Fertility Benefits
Parental Leave
Adoption Leave
Caregiver Policy
Childcare Support
PTO / Vacation
Unlimited PTO
Paid Holidays
Sick Days
Bereavement Leave
Volunteer Time Off
Flexible Schedule
Employee Resource Groups
Team Events & Social Budget
Charity Matching
Free Snacks & Drinks
Learning & Development Budget
Conference Attendance
Mentorship Program
Defined Career Pathways
Block reports 12,000 employees with about 8,000 in product and tech roles, spread across 23 offices including the Oakland headquarters. Engineering runs on a polyglot stack: Kotlin and Swift for native mobile, React and Svelte on the web, Snowflake and Databricks for data, plus AI tooling from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Cloud Vertex AI.
Block publishes pay ranges using a four-tier US zone framework (A through D) tied to local cost of labor, with Zone A covering Bay Area and NYC and Zone D the lowest-cost markets. The company states this directly in its job postings: 'Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location.' Compensation is geo-based rather than location-blind, and the framework is disclosed up front rather than negotiated case by case.
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