Senior Data Engineer - job 2 of 2

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 47 million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world’s relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.

Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We’ve been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy.

Check out our locations, benefits, and more at cash.app/careers.

Are you passionate about solving complex data challenges? Cash App is looking for a Data Engineer to join our Engineering Operations team. In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the availability, accuracy, and reliability of data that drives our engineering excellence initiatives.

As a Data Engineer on the EngOps team, you'll collaborate with cross-functional partners, including Engineering, Product, and Operations, to design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines. Your work will empower our teams with the insights needed to optimize system performance, enhance operational efficiency, and support strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of engineering operations at Cash App to design and build data pipelines that surface meaningful insights and opportunities for improvement.

• Collaborate with BI and Data Analysts to deliver outcomes.

• Create clear documentation, such as data dictionaries and model diagrams.  

• Partner with Engineering and Product Managers to understand the impact of new initiatives on operational data and ensure accurate data flow.

• Identify new data sources and build pipelines to integrate them into our data ecosystem.

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of ETL processes to ensure timely, reliable, and scalable data pipelines.

• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to identify and resolve issues, ensuring data integrity and availability.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements and translate them into effective engineering solutions.

• Respond to queries from internal engineering teams regarding the underlying data in dashboards.

The ideal Data Engineer for this role:

• Has 4+ years of experience solving complex data problems, with a focus on building and optimizing ETL pipelines.

• Is highly proficient in writing SQL to query relational databases and working with data warehousing solutions.

• Has experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery) and orchestration tools like Airflow.

• Is capable of prioritizing and delivering work independently, with a focus on iterative development.

• Excels at communicating technical concepts in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Has a proven track record of leading data engineering projects with high business impact.

Technologies We Use and Teach:

• Snowflake, BigQuery, DynamoDB

• Git, Airflow

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, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any 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, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

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