H&R Block to Award $10,000 Grand Prize at Hack Midwest 2022

Editor's note: Are you a developer that loves building things? There's $22500 up for grabs at this year's Hack Midwest, along with a $10000 grand prize from H&R Block! Join us at Kansas City's largest app building challenge with 300+ developers on September 23-24. Show off your skills, win prizes and make new friends!

H&R Block is proud to announce our sponsorship of the $10,000 Grand Prize at Hack Midwest, a premier technology and app development competition.

At H&R Block, we’re curious, resilient, and always working to be at the cutting edge of innovation.

Our tech teams know it’s not enough to build things better—we must build better things. That starts with our technology and the talented teams driving it forward.

Because of this, we are excited to support the largest app-building competition in the Kansas City region.

As the Grand Prize sponsor, we'll give away $10,000 to the overall winner at Hack Midwest.

This event draws outstanding talent from across the region and we’re looking forward to connecting with potential new team members and tech savvy developers in our area.

We’re Hiring

If you consider problem-solving your forte, you’d love to work at H&R Block. When you join our team, you’ll add to the momentum of a forward-thinking company—one that defined an industry and is now leading its transformation through technology and product modernization.

Our IT organization is undergoing major change to advance as a leader in tech. With the changing landscape of the retail and financial industries it’s more important than ever that we continue to create in office, virtual and cross-channel experiences that allow our clients to be served in ways that are unique to their needs.

Come join us on this exciting journey!

Here are a few positions we're hiring for:

Senior Software Engineers-Mobile

Senior Software/Data Engineers-Python/Spark

Software Engineers-Full Stack/C# (Senior level and Mid-level)

Technical Lead Software Engineers-Full Stack
App Dev Manager

Be sure to check out the rest of our current IT job openings on our careers page

About H&R Block

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) provides help and inspires confidence in its clients and communities everywhere through global tax preparation services, financial products, and small-business solutions.

The company blends digital innovation with human expertise and care as it helps people get the best outcome at tax time and also be better with money using its mobile banking app, Spruce. Through Block Advisors and Wave, the company helps small-business owners thrive with innovative products like Wave Money, a mobile-first, small-business bank account and bookkeeping solution that manages bookkeeping automatically.

For more information, visit H&R Block News or follow @HRBlockNews on Twitter.

About Hack Midwest

Are you a developer that loves building things?

What if you had the opportunity to show your skills?

There's $20000 up for grabs at this year's Hack Midwest

Join us along w/ hundreds of passionate developers to build amazing things in 24 hours & win thousands in prizes and cash!

Hack Midwest is a great opportunity to:

• get inspired by building new things
• get community recognition
• win awesome prizes and cash
• make new friends!

What will you build? Join us at Hack Midwest!