Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

The Role

Product Platform Engineering builds and unifies the foundational systems Block engineers use to create, ship, and operate products. We work across platform domains such as deployment systems, event streaming, databases, workflows, and the operational systems that keep Block moving.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is broad, curious, and energized by solving platform problems that cut across teams. You will help design and build the next generation of Block's internal platforms, improve the systems engineers depend on every day, and use AI as a native part of how you explore, build, test, and learn. This is a role for someone who wants to ask good questions, make sound technical bets, and turn complex problems into working systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate platform systems that help Block engineers ship software with more confidence and speed.
• Work across areas such as deployment orchestration, CI/CD, Kubernetes, event streaming, databases, internal developer platforms, and reliability tooling.
• Partner with engineering teams to understand their workflows, identify platform gaps, and deliver pragmatic solutions.
• Help unify and modernize existing platforms while creating new ones where the business needs a stronger foundation.
• Use AI tools to accelerate development, improve system understanding, prototype ideas, and raise the quality of engineering output.
• Lead technical projects from problem framing through implementation, rollout, and operational ownership.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, reliability, maintainability, and long-term platform direction.
• Contribute to an engineering culture that values curiosity, direct communication, early ownership, and learning through shipping.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience building, operating, or improving backend or infrastructure systems used by engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to work across unfamiliar systems, codebases, and technical domains.
• Experience in one or more platform areas such as deployment systems, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Kafka or event streaming, Temporal, databases, observability, service infrastructure, or developer tooling.
• A track record of turning ambiguous technical problems into clear plans and working solutions.
• Comfort partnering with engineers and technical leaders across teams to understand needs, explain tradeoffs, and drive decisions.
• Interest in using AI as part of your engineering workflow and helping others learn how to apply it well.
• Curiosity, judgment, and willingness to ask questions early so the team can move with clarity.

Qualifications

• Experience in one or more platform areas such as deployment systems, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Kafka or event streaming, Temporal, databases, observability, service infrastructure, or developer tooling.
• A track record of turning ambiguous technical problems into clear plans and working solutions.
• Comfort partnering with engineers and technical leaders across teams to understand needs, explain tradeoffs, and drive decisions.
• Interest in using AI as part of your engineering workflow and helping others learn how to apply it well.
• Curiosity, judgment, and willingness to ask questions early so the team can move with clarity.

Skills

• Experience in one or more platform areas such as deployment systems, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Kafka or event streaming, Temporal, databases, observability, service infrastructure, or developer tooling.
• A track record of turning ambiguous technical problems into clear plans and working solutions.
• Comfort partnering with engineers and technical leaders across teams to understand needs, explain tradeoffs, and drive decisions.
• Interest in using AI as part of your engineering workflow and helping others learn how to apply it well.
• Curiosity, judgment, and willingness to ask questions early so the team can move with clarity.

Benefits

Block offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to empower you to do your best work and build the life you want. This includes remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning.

Pay

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.

Schedule

Remote work is available.

Company Overview

Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.

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