Senior Data Engineer, Risk — Remote & AI-Driven Data

Block; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 178,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Retirement savings

Job summary

Block is hiring a Data Engineer to support compliance and risk data initiatives across Cash App, Square, and Afterpay. You will lead data modeling, pipeline tooling, and dashboarding to enable informed decisions with AI-enabled automation.

The role emphasizes end-to-end data lifecycle, data quality monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and legal teams. Remote-friendly, with emphasis on scalable data foundations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, or equivalent experience.
• Strong SQL, Python, and dbt expertise.
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and optimization of data models and pipelines.
• Create data dictionaries and documentation for datasets.
• Build monitoring for data quality and lineage; automate AI agents for anomaly resolution.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and compliance teams to translate needs into data solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

dbt

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Dbt

Github

Airflow

Prefect

OmniTerraform

Job description

Block is hiring a Data Engineer to support compliance and risk data initiatives across Cash App, Square, and Afterpay. You will lead data modeling, pipeline tooling, and dashboarding to enable informed decisions with AI-enabled automation.

The role emphasizes end-to-end data lifecycle, data quality monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and legal teams. Remote-friendly, with emphasis on scalable data foundations.