Slain Cash App founder Bob Lee remembered as a coder who wowed Jack Dorsey

Lee, who was largely self-taught, worked on Android for Google before McKelvey and Dorsey recruited him to join Square. He first built out its main payments product, then created the Cash App. — Reuters

Two memories of Bob Lee spring to mind for Block Inc co-founder Jim McKelvey: that he recruited him to work at Square at his wedding in St. Louis, and Jack Dorsey’s effusive praise of Lee’s coding.

“Jack, who is not prone to hyperbole, said Bob Lee was the best Java programmer in the world,” McKelvey said in an interview. “He had a stellar technical reputation, and he had an enthusiasm and confidence that was infectious.”