Software Engineer, Data Platform

Block builds technology and financial services tools through brands including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto. The Software Engineer will build and own trusted data-platform capabilities for data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence, governance, and agentic workflows, while partnering with data practitioners and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate core data-platform capabilities, including data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence tooling, and data governance
• Build reliable Python services and developer-facing tools that improve how teams create and operate data products
• Develop scalable infrastructure as code with Terraform
• Establish patterns that let teams manage petabyte-scale data while maintaining strong governance, security, reliability, and usability
• Partner with data engineers, analysts, scientists, and product teams to turn their needs into durable platform capabilities
• Evaluate and build agentic workflows that make data work more effective, while maintaining appropriate controls and observability
• Set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and mentor other engineers

Requirements:

• 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
• Strong technical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to lead across teams