Remote Senior People Tech & AI Platform Architect

Block; New York (NY); On-site; USD 164,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

Block is seeking a People Technology leader to partner with Talent Acquisition and other People teams, shaping AI-enabled solutions and scalable platform strategies. You will build shared integrations, evaluate vendors, and advance architecture across Workday, Greenhouse, and related data services.

You will drive automation, governance, and secure, scalable operations while enabling builders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing enterprise People platforms such as Workday, Greenhouse, or similar systems, including hands-on work designing or implementing integrations between them using APIs, middleware, ETL tools, or integration platforms.
• Supported Recruiting or Talent Acquisition through technology, with working knowledge of how hiring runs — offer approvals, requisition and application flows, and the sourcing or assessment tools behind them.
• Experimented with AI tools to automate work or build solutions, and can talk through what you tried, what you learned, and how you'd apply it to People Technology challenges.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and other People teams to understand business challenges and identify opportunities to improve work through technology and AI.
• Advise teams as they evaluate and design AI-enabled solutions that are scalable, secure, and grounded in trusted People data.
• Balance near‑term delivery with longer‑term platform investments that reduce duplication and speed up future development.
• Build and enable shared integrations, data services, and platform automations that accelerate AI-powered solutions across the People organization.
• Evaluate and manage People Technology vendors, weighing build, buy, and integration decisions.
• Evolve People Technology toward consistent, shared platform capabilities and architectural patterns that empower builders across the organization.
• Use AI and modern development tools to prototype, automate, and deliver technology solutions that improve the employee and candidate experience.
• Partner with builders across the People organization so solutions draw on trusted data, follow governance standards, and are designed for maintainability and scale.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve productivity, employee experiences, and operational effectiveness.
• Steward our core People Platform, including systems of record such as Workday and Greenhouse, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable operations.

Skills

Workday

Greenhouse

APIs

AI tools

Recruiting tech

Python/SQL/JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Greenhouse

Job description

Block is seeking a People Technology leader to partner with Talent Acquisition and other People teams, shaping AI-enabled solutions and scalable platform strategies. You will build shared integrations, evaluate vendors, and advance architecture across Workday, Greenhouse, and related data services.

You will drive automation, governance, and secure, scalable operations while enabling builders across the organization.