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 — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — 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
đź“ŤOwn and maintain mission-critical ML feature computation and serving systems that support millions of daily feature requests đź“ŤDesign and build the next-generation ML feature platform to enable faster iteration and higher-quality ML models across Block đź“ŤPartner closely with Data Scientists, ML Modelers and Software Engineers to deliver reliable, performant, and scalable systems đź“ŤDrive architectural decisions, system reliability improvements, and infrastructure automation đź“ŤMentor and guide other engineers on best practices in large-scale distributed systems, feature engineering, and ML infrastructure đź“ŤChampion engineering excellence through code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement
You Have
đź“Ť5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ in large-scale data or ML infrastructure đź“ŤStrong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin or Go đź“ŤExperience building and operating distributed data systems at scale (e.g., Spark, Flink, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake) đź“ŤProven ability to design for high performance, scalability, and reliability đź“ŤDeep knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and containerized systems (Kubernetes, Docker) đź“ŤStrong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally with ML practitioners and infrastructure engineers đź“ŤExperience mentoring junior engineers and driving technical direction on complex projects
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