Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

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Block
Full time
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USA
10/01/2026
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New York, NY

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate database and storage platform software.
Build services, APIs, and developer tools for database provisioning, schema changes, migrations, upgrades, and lifecycle operations.
Solve database scaling and performance problems while protecting correctness, durability, and availability.
Work across application code, databases, distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
Partner with engineering teams on schema design, query patterns, and platform adoption.
Modernize data-store platforms and reduce operational toil.
Lead technical projects from problem framing through implementation, testing, rollout, and operational ownership.
Participate in on-call, incident response, production debugging, and technical tradeoff decisions.
Use AI tools to accelerate development and system understanding with careful review and testing.

Requirements

At least five years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, three years with a master’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
Experience building and operating backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems, including meaningful production experience with relational databases.
Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to work across unfamiliar systems, codebases, and technical domains.
Understanding of transactions, indexing, replication, schema evolution, and query performance.
Experience in areas such as database infrastructure, distributed storage, online migrations, cloud services, Kubernetes, observability, or developer tooling.
Track record of turning ambiguous technical problems into clear plans and working solutions.
Ability to debug production systems, explain technical tradeoffs, and partner across engineering teams.
Interest in using AI as part of the engineering workflow.
Curiosity, judgment, direct communication, and willingness to take ownership beyond a single component.

Benefits

Remote work and a distributed work culture.
Medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning benefits.
Inclusive interview experience with reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants.
U.S. roles are typically open for approximately 55 days, and candidates may submit up to nine active applications within a 60-day period.

Salary: $185k - $327k/yr

Block

Block builds technology that increases access to the global economy, empowering users through innovative tools across its brands, including Square, Cash App, and TIDAL. By addressing different facets of commerce and financial services, Block is dedicated to creating inclusive economic opportuniti...

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