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About the role
We're hiring an experienced software engineer to build and own the data platform that helps teams across the company work with trusted data at scale. This role shapes the foundations for data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence, governance, and Block's agentic workflows. You'll combine strong software engineering with hands-on experience working closely with data, building platforms that make it safer and faster for data practitioners to discover, produce, transform, govern, and use data. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Senior-level software engineering experience, with strong Python skills and a record of designing, shipping, and operating production systems
- Hands-on experience building or operating data platforms, data products, or large-scale data infrastructure
- Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable modern data platforms
- Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
- A practical understanding of the tradeoffs involved in managing petabyte-scale data: performance, cost, reliability, access controls, lineage, quality, and governance
- Experience collaborating directly with data practitioners, and empathy for the workflows they use to turn data into decisions
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.
We're hiring an experienced software engineer to build and own the data platform that helps teams across the company work with trusted data at scale. This role shapes the foundations for data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence, governance, and Block's agentic workflows. You'll combine strong software engineering with hands-on experience working closely with data, building platforms that make it safer and faster for data practitioners to discover, produce, transform, govern, and use data.
- Design, build, and operate core...
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