Senior Platform Engineer: AI-Driven Internal Systems

Block; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Block is looking for a Senior Software Engineer based in New York to enhance platform systems that facilitate software development. Your responsibilities will include designing and improving systems involving deployment orchestration, CI/CD, and various modern technologies.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend systems, with at least 5 years of experience and excellent software engineering skills. This role emphasizes curiosity and collaboration while leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience or 3 years with a Master's degree.
• Strong experience in backend or infrastructure systems.
• Ability to work across technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate platform systems for software shipping.
• Work on deployment orchestration, CI/CD, and reliability tooling.
• Lead technical projects from planning to implementation.

Skills

Backend or infrastructure systems

Software engineering fundamentals

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Event streaming (Kafka)

Databases

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Go

Java

Ruby

Job description

Block is looking for a Senior Software Engineer based in New York to enhance platform systems that facilitate software development. Your responsibilities will include designing and improving systems involving deployment orchestration, CI/CD, and various modern technologies.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend systems, with at least 5 years of experience and excellent software engineering skills. This role emphasizes curiosity and collaboration while leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering practices.