About the company
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams ā People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more ā provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Job Summary
You Will
šLead and grow the FinPlat data engineering team that builds and maintains the financial data warehouse and lakehouse foundations that power operational, analytical, and AI driven decision support systems šOwn the strategy and architecture for financial data pipelines and models that support automation, monitoring, and intelligence across Block payment flows šPartner closely with FinPlat Data Science, financial operations teams, banking product managers, and other stakeholders to shape data needs and deliver trusted domain products šRepresent data engineering for financial domains, communicating clearly with technical and nontechnical partners to guide decisions and align on long term direction šCollaborate with other DE leaders to advance a standardized, functional, and AI ready data platform across Block šRaise the quality, trust, and performance of core financial data systems to support accurate reporting, monitoring, and operational workflows
You Have
š12+ years of experience in data engineering or a related software engineering field, including 4+ years leading or managing engineering teams šStrong software engineering fundamentals, with experience designing and scaling distributed data systems that handle high volume, high integrity financial data šDeep understanding of financial data domains such as acquiring, issuing, chargebacks, disputes, and banking adjacent data šExperience building and operating large scale data warehouse and lakehouse systems on Snowflake, Databricks, or similar platforms, including performance tuning and cost management šProficiency in SQL and Python combined with broader engineering skills such as version controlled development workflows, code review, automated testing, and modern CI practices
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