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Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all.
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. Join us.
THE ROLE
The Credit and Lending team is responsible for the predictive intelligence that underpins Block’s primary capital-intensive products. These products unlock unique access to credit for our customers, many of whom are otherwise underbanked and underserved by the traditional financial system. As a member of the Credit Policy team within Square Financial Services (SFS), you will occupy a high-leverage role at the intersection of regulated banking and advanced autonomous systems. This position requires end-to-end ownership of credit policy, from the evaluation of novel data signals to the design of the decisioning logic that drives Block’s top-line growth. Beyond policy design, this role carries core responsibility for credit policy governance: ensuring that policy changes and experiments are rigorously designed, reviewed, documented, monitored, and reported in line with the expectations of a regulated bank.
Our credit products are material drivers of the company’s profitability and are frequently highlighted in executive reviews and quarterly earnings reports. We are seeking a scientifically-minded contributor capable of delivering extraordinary individual leverage to expand our underwriting capabilities into previously untapped segments through pragmatic policy evolution and advanced modeling techniques.
YOU WILL
- Apply a rigorous scientific mindset to the challenge of underwriting new customer segments, involving the evaluation of alternative external data sources and the design of new policy strategies to expand access while protecting the portfolio.
- Own credit policy governance and reporting: maintain policy documentation, change logs, and approval artifacts, and deliver recurring portfolio performance and policy-impact reporting to credit risk committees, senior leadership, and bank oversight functions.
- Propose and design experiments for credit products — champion/challenger tests, randomized holdouts, and staged rollouts across approval, limit, and pricing strategy — with clear hypotheses, success metrics, guardrails, and loss-exposure budgets.
- Review experiment designs proposed by partner teams, assessing statistical rigor, sample sizing, risk exposure, fair lending considerations, and alignment with credit policy and regulatory requirements before launch.
- Form policy guidelines and frameworks — risk appetite thresholds, approval and limit standards, and concentration limits — that enable credit portfolios to scale responsibly while meeting growth, loss, and profitability objectives.
- Partner with Risk Management, Compliance and Internal Audit teams to ensure policy changes meet governance standards and are well documented and exam-ready.
- Support team members in ad-hoc and scheduled updates to existing policies and strategies, and help troubleshoot issues in a real-time production environment.
- Operate effectively within the framework of a regulated bank (SFS), balancing rapid innovation with the requirements of safety, soundness, and compliance.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6+ years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3+ years experience; or equivalent experience
- A degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or Engineering). We have a strong preference for candidates with a demonstrated track record of scientific research or an advanced degree.
- Demonstrated experience in credit policy governance at a bank, fintech, or consumer/small business lender — including documenting and approving policy changes, preparing materials for credit or risk committees, and supporting regulatory exams and internal audits.
- Hands-on experience proposing, designing, and reviewing experiments for credit products (e.g., champion/challenger tests, randomized holdouts, and staged rollouts on approval, line assignment, or pricing), including power and sample sizing, loss-exposure guardrails, and decision-ready readouts.
- A track record of building and owning portfolio monitoring and reporting — KPIs, early-warning indicators, vintage and roll-rate analysis — used to steer credit policy and communicate performance to leadership.
- Experience translating business objectives into credit policy guidelines, such as risk appetite thresholds, approval and limit standards, and concentration limits, that allow portfolios to scale while staying within loss and profitability targets.
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations for credit products is strongly preferred.
- Strong quantitative intuition and data visualization skills, with a proven ability to conduct sophisticated ad-hoc and exploratory analysis.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python preferred, including the ability to contribute across the analytical stack—from data pipelines to production-ready policy logic.
- The versatility to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, particularly in the context of high-visibility projects and senior stakeholders.
- A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with a willingness to utilize whichever tool is most appropriate for the situation while balancing complex business, technical, and regulatory constraints.
COMPENSATION
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:
$198,000—$297,000 USD
Zone B:
$188,100—$282,100 USD
Zone C:
$178,200—$267,400 USD
Zone D:
$168,300—$252,500 USD
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
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 here 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.
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.
INTRODUCTION
Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all.
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. Join us.
THE ROLE
The Credit and Lending team is responsible for the predictive intelligence that underpins Block’s primary capital-intensive products. These products unlock unique access to credit for our customers, many of whom are otherwise underbanked and underserved by the traditional financial system. As a member of the Credit Policy team within Square Financial Services (SFS), you will occupy a high-leverage role at the intersection of regulated banking and advanced autonomous systems. This position requires end-to-end ownership of credit policy, from the evaluation of novel data signals to the design of the decisioning logic that drives Block’s top-line growth. Beyond policy design, this role carries core responsibility for credit policy governance: ensuring that policy changes and experiments are rigorously designed, reviewed, documented, monitored, and reported in line with the expectations of a regulated bank.
Our credit products are material drivers of the company’s profitability and are frequently highlighted in executive reviews and quarterly earnings reports. We are seeking a scientifically-minded contributor capable of delivering extraordinary individual leverage to expand our underwriting capabilities into previously untapped segments through pragmatic policy evolution and advanced modeling techniques.
YOU WILL
- Apply a rigorous scientific mindset to the challenge of underwriting new customer segments, involving the evaluation of alternative external data sources and the design of new policy strategies to expand access while protecting the portfolio.
- Own credit policy governance and reporting: maintain policy documentation, change logs, and approval artifacts, and deliver recurring portfolio performance and policy-impact reporting to credit risk committees, senior leadership, and bank oversight functions.
- Propose and design experiments for credit products — champion/challenger tests, randomized holdouts, and staged rollouts across approval, limit, and pricing strategy — with clear hypotheses, success metrics, guardrails, and loss-exposure budgets.
- Review experiment designs proposed by partner teams, assessing statistical rigor, sample sizing, risk exposure, fair lending considerations, and alignment with credit policy and regulatory requirements before launch.
- Form policy guidelines and frameworks — risk appetite thresholds, approval and limit standards, and concentration limits — that enable credit portfolios to scale responsibly while meeting growth, loss, and profitability objectives.
- Partner with Risk Management, Compliance and Internal Audit teams to ensure policy changes meet governance standards and are well documented and exam-ready.
- Support team members in ad-hoc and scheduled updates to existing policies and strategies, and help troubleshoot issues in a real-time production environment.
- Operate effectively within the framework of a regulated bank (SFS), balancing rapid innovation with the requirements of safety, soundness, and compliance.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6+ years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3+ years experience; or equivalent experience
- A degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or Engineering). We have a strong preference for candidates with a demonstrated track record of scientific research or an advanced degree.
- Demonstrated experience in credit policy governance at a bank, fintech, or consumer/small business lender — including documenting and approving policy changes, preparing materials for credit or risk committees, and supporting regulatory exams and internal audits.
- Hands-on experience proposing, designing, and reviewing experiments for credit products (e.g., champion/challenger tests, randomized holdouts, and staged rollouts on approval, line assignment, or pricing), including power and sample sizing, loss-exposure guardrails, and decision-ready readouts.
- A track record of building and owning portfolio monitoring and reporting — KPIs, early-warning indicators, vintage and roll-rate analysis — used to steer credit policy and communicate performance to leadership.
- Experience translating business objectives into credit policy guidelines, such as risk appetite thresholds, approval and limit standards, and concentration limits, that allow portfolios to scale while staying within loss and profitability targets.
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations for credit products is strongly preferred.
- Strong quantitative intuition and data visualization skills, with a proven ability to conduct sophisticated ad-hoc and exploratory analysis.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python preferred, including the ability to contribute across the analytical stack—from data pipelines to production-ready policy logic.
- The versatility to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, particularly in the context of high-visibility projects and senior stakeholders.
- A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with a willingness to utilize whichever tool is most appropriate for the situation while balancing complex business, technical, and regulatory constraints.
COMPENSATION
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:
$198,000—$297,000 USD
Zone B:
$188,100—$282,100 USD
Zone C:
$178,200—$267,400 USD
Zone D:
$168,300—$252,500 USD
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
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 here 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.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Staff Scientist
Document your progressive research contributions now
PERM requires your employer to define the minimum job requirements, and your credentials must meet them exactly. Compile publications, patents, grants, and institutional letters that demonstrate your specialized research scope before you approach any employer about sponsorship.
Use O*NET to anchor your specialty occupation evidence
Staff Scientist roles span wildly different subfields. Pull the O*NET occupation profile for your specific scientific discipline to confirm the standard educational and experience requirements, then align your resume and credentials to that profile before the PERM recruitment phase begins.
Search Migrate Mate for verified green card sponsors
Target employers with a documented history of EB-2 and EB-3 filings in scientific research roles. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history, so you can focus outreach on organizations that have already navigated the PERM and I-140 process for Staff Scientists.
Ask about priority dates before accepting an offer
If you're a national of India or China, your wait for an immigrant visa number could extend years beyond I-140 approval. Confirm the employer's willingness to maintain your sponsorship long-term and ask whether they'll support concurrent I-485 filing if your priority date is current.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before negotiations
DOL requires your offered salary to meet the prevailing wage for your occupation and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for your scientific role and metropolitan area so you can negotiate with the correct floor in mind.
Understand AC21 portability before changing employers mid-process
Once your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a same or similar research role without restarting the entire green card process. Confirm the new position's occupational classification matches your original PERM job description before resigning.
Green Card Staff Scientist: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category fits a Staff Scientist role, EB-2 or EB-3?
Most Staff Scientist positions require a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive research experience, which qualifies for EB-2. If the role requires only a bachelor's degree, EB-3 professional applies. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the category based on the actual minimum requirements of the position, not your personal credentials.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Staff Scientist?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status capped at three years initially, subject to lottery selection, and tied to a Labor Condition Application filed with DOL. Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to permanent residence and requires PERM labor certification, a full DOL recruitment test to verify no qualified U.S. workers are available, and an I-140 immigrant petition filed with USCIS. There is no lottery, but per-country numerical limits create priority-date backlogs for nationals of high-demand countries.
How long does the PERM labor certification process take for scientific research roles?
PERM processing times at the Department of Labor vary and are not guaranteed. After DOL certifies the PERM, your employer files the I-140 with USCIS. For nationals of countries without significant backlogs, adjustment of status or consular processing can follow relatively quickly. For nationals of India and China, the wait for an available immigrant visa number can extend considerably beyond I-140 approval.
Where can I find employers who actively sponsor Staff Scientists for a green card?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history in scientific and research occupations, so you can direct your applications toward organizations that have already completed the PERM and I-140 process. Focusing on employers with a sponsorship track record significantly reduces the risk of a promising offer stalling at the labor certification stage.
Can I change employers after my green card case is filed?
Yes, under two distinct rules. If your original employer's I-140 was approved, a new employer can file a new I-140 and retain your earlier priority date, avoiding a restart to the backlog clock. If your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a same or similar research occupation without refiling PERM, provided your new role aligns with your original job description.