Block's Bitcoin Platform Trading team is looking to build and operate at scale systems that support millions of CashApp users and Square Sellers Buying and Selling more than US$2bn every quarter. The team needs to shape the platform's capabilities to manage BTC liquidity, ensuring Block products can support customer needs with unparalleled efficiency and simplicity.
Requirements
- Demonstrable technical expertise in distributed system architecture and/or the digital asset domain with organizational influence and impact
- A history of contributing and driving all parts of the SLDC
- Experience building backend systems at scale, utilising modern eventing, database, and infrastructure tooling
- Kotlin, Go, Java, Typescript
- Docker, Kubernetes
- Temporal, Datadog
- Bitcoin, Lightning
Responsibilities
- Deliver high-impact technical solutions and lead resolution of complex, ambiguous problems while shaping architecture and driving technical innovation.
- Shape strategy by defining vision and long-term technical roadmaps.
- Build trusted relationships across functions and domains by fostering clarity and shared context, and guiding decisions across diverse perspectives.
- Drive stewardship of technical excellence and developer experience by setting and reinforcing technical standards by modelling behavior and guiding others through feedback and support.
- Be on-call for the services you and your team build, driving visibility into systems and business operations through observability tools like Datadog
Other
- Work in a highly collaborative environment that offers flexibility and autonomy so that you can perform to the best of your abilities
- A pragmatic approach with a focus on delivery and business outcomes.
- A passion to learn more about and contribute to the dynamic and revolutionary world of Bitcoin and other digital assets
- A history of leading by example and mentoring as you level up the skills of those around you.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to connect engineering decisions to strategy.
