Sales Engineer

Afterpay; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Job summary

Afterpay is seeking a senior Solutions Engineer to drive complex partner and merchant integrations for its global commerce platform. You will work with Sales, Partnerships, and Product to understand customer needs, showcase APIs, and solve challenging technical problems that accelerate adoption.

You will be a senior individual contributor with hands-on software engineering experience, capable of representing Afterpay’s technical vision to global merchants and partners while influencing product

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical, customer-facing roles with enterprise merchants or partners.
• Hands-on API development, API integrations, and debugging complex implementations.
• Full-stack development experience and ability to learn new tools quickly.
• Strong communication to bridge technical and non-technical audiences, and to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven success leading technical projects end-to-end in globally distributed teams.
• Solid understanding of payments, fintech or commerce platforms.
• Willingness to travel for onsite client meetings (10-20%).
• Additional languages (eg Mandarin) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales, Relationship Management and Partnerships to support developers integrating with our platform.
• Design and deliver technical solutions, proof-of-concepts, sample integrations, and troubleshooting.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor translating business needs into scalable integration approaches.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to surface customer feedback and influence roadmap.
• Create demos, presentations, and technical deep dives for executives and engineering stakeholders.
• Communicate product features and technical guidance clearly across teams and customers.

Skills

Partner engineering

Solutions architecture

Sales engineering

APIs

Full-stack development

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Global teams

Payments fintech

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Join a movement in which everyone can win. We started a movement in which everyone can win – shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe.

Founded in 2014, in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay has over 11 million active customers globally and more than 64,000 of the world's best retailers around the world including Anthropologie, Revolve, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi's, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.

Afterpay is completely free for customers who pay on time – helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to maintain financial wellness and control, by splitting payments in four, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.

We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing.

The Role

Block is building the next generation of commerce experiences for merchants and PSPs through Afterpay. As part of Block's Solutions Engineering team, you will be a senior technical leader driving complex partner and merchant integrations. You'll work directly with Sales, Partnerships, and Product teams to deeply understand customer needs, showcase our APIs and services, and solve challenging technical problems that accelerate adoption.

We are looking for an engineer with sales acumen, a thoughtful product intuition and an entrepreneurial spirit. This is a senior individual contributor role - ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and commerce, has hands-on software engineering experience,and can represent Afterpay's technical vision to global enterprise merchants and partners while influencing product direction internally.

You Will

• Partner with Sales, Relationship Management, Partnerships to support developers integrating with our platform
• Design and deliver technical solutions, including building proof-of-concepts, custom reports, sample integrations, and troubleshooting complex issues.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor - translating business requirements into scalable integration approaches and advocating for best practices.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to surface customer feedback and influence the roadmap.
• Create and deliver compelling demos, presentations, and technical deep dives for both executive and engineering stakeholders.
• Communicate product features, updates, and technical guidance clearly across internal teams and external customers.

You Have

• 8+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles (partner engineering, solutions architecture, sales engineering), working with enterprise merchants or global partners.
• Deep hands-on technical expertise – comfortable building with APIs, debugging integrations, and guiding developers through complex implementations.
• Prior professional experience with full-stack development and proficiency in at least one programming language, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences and influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven success leading technical projects or initiatives end-to-end in globally distributed, multicultural teams.
• A strong understanding of payments, fintech, or commerce platforms.
• Experience presenting to technical and executive audiences in both structured and impromptu settings.
• A willingness to travel for onsite client meetings (10-20%)
• Additional languages (ie Mandarin) is a plus

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to identity or other legally protected class. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role.

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want.

• Remote work
• medical insurance
• flexible time off
• retirement savings plans
• modern family planning

are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we’re helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.