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About the role
Product Platform Engineering builds and unifies the foundational systems Block engineers use to create, ship, and operate products. Within Product Platform Engineering, the Data Stores team builds the database and storage platforms that help engineering teams manage data safely, reliably, and efficiently. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 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 and operating backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems, with meaningful experience working with relational databases in production
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to work across unfamiliar systems, codebases, and technical domains
- A practical understanding of database concepts such as transactions, indexing, replication, schema evolution, and query performance
- A track record of turning ambiguous technical problems into clear plans and working solutions
- Comfort debugging production systems, explaining technical tradeoffs, and partnering with engineers and technical leaders across teams
More about this role
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.
Product Platform Engineering builds and unifies the foundational systems Block engineers use to create, ship, and operate products. Within Product Platform Engineering, the Data Stores team builds the database and storage platforms that help engineering teams manage data safely, reliably, and efficiently.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in databases and a generalist mindset. You will build new database platform capabilities, improve the systems engineers depend on every day, and work across backend services,...
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