Careers - Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Block

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New York, NY Posted 1 day ago $217,800–$326,800 / year

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This role $272k

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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $140,643–$178,943 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $160k for comparable roles.

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About Block

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Block currently has 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $180,000–$270,000 across 52 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer in Block’s Product Platform Engineering team, you will design and build foundational systems that enhance the efficiency of software development across various domains such as deployment orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, event streaming, and databases. Your role involves partnering with engineering teams to identify platform gaps and deliver solutions that improve reliability and operational excellence. You will leverage AI tools to accelerate development processes and contribute to an engineering culture that values curiosity and direct communication. The ideal candidate has at least five years of experience in backend or infrastructure systems, strong software engineering fundamentals, and proficiency in technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, Go, Java, Ruby, and AI-assisted engineering tools. This role addresses the need for unified and modernized internal platforms to support Block’s growing scale and complexity.

Skills

Kubernetes CI/CD Docker Go Java Ruby AI AWS PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Kafka Temporal Observability GitOps

What you'll do

Design and build platform systems to enhance Block engineers' software development efficiency.
Identify and address gaps in existing platforms by working closely with engineering teams.
Lead technical projects from conception through operational ownership, ensuring successful implementation.
Use AI tools to accelerate development processes and improve system understanding.
Make informed tradeoffs between speed, reliability, maintainability, and long-term platform direction.

What we're looking for

Minimum 5 years of experience in backend or infrastructure systems.
Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work across technical domains.
Experience in deployment systems, CI/CD, Kubernetes, event streaming, databases.
Track record of solving ambiguous technical problems with clear plans.
Comfortable partnering with engineers and leaders to understand needs and drive decisions.
Interest in using AI as part of the engineering workflow and helping others apply it.

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