Head of Data Engineering, Financial Platform

Work from anywhere: This role can be performed from any location in the USA
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
The Role
The Financial Platform ("FinPlat") Data Engineering lead manages the team responsible for the financial data backbone that powers reporting, monitoring, and analytics across Block payment and money movement flows. This role oversees the data warehouses and lakehouse systems that support core financial domains such as acquiring, issuing, chargebacks, disputes, and banking data. You will ensure the team delivers trusted data products that enable accurate operational decision making for finance, product, and other partner teams across Block.
You Will

• Lead and grow the FinPlat data engineering team that builds and maintains the financial data warehouse and lakehouse foundations that power operational, analytical, and AI driven decision support systems
• Own the strategy and architecture for financial data pipelines and models that support automation, monitoring, and intelligence across Block payment flows
• Partner closely with FinPlat Data Science, financial operations teams, banking product managers, and other stakeholders to shape data needs and deliver trusted domain products
• Represent data engineering for financial domains, communicating clearly with technical and nontechnical partners to guide decisions and align on long term direction
• Collaborate with other DE leaders to advance a standardized, functional, and AI ready data platform across Block
• Raise the quality, trust, and performance of core financial data systems to support accurate reporting, monitoring, and operational workflows

You Have

• 12+ years of experience in data engineering or a related software engineering field, including 4+ years leading or managing engineering teams
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience designing and scaling distributed data systems that handle high volume, high integrity financial data
• Deep understanding of financial data domains such as acquiring, issuing, chargebacks, disputes, and banking adjacent data
• Experience building and operating large scale data warehouse and lakehouse systems on Snowflake, Databricks, or similar platforms, including performance tuning and cost management
• Proficiency in SQL and Python combined with broader engineering skills such as version controlled development workflows, code review, automated testing, and modern CI practices
• Experience with orchestration and compute frameworks like Airflow, Prefect, Spark, and cloud native services across AWS or GCP
• Knowledge of data modeling at scale, quality and validation frameworks, data contracts, semantic layer concepts, and patterns for AI and automation readiness
• Ability to partner effectively with finance, product, data science, and operations teams to drive alignment, clarity, and shared outcomes
• Experience coaching engineering leaders, shaping team culture, and raising execution and architectural quality across teams
• Ability to guide adoption of AI first patterns and standards that improve speed, reliability, learning, and quality across data systems
• Strong communication skills with the ability to represent data engineering in both technical and nontechnical discussions

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 an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances. 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 takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$239,600 - $359,400 USD
Zone B:
$239,600 - $359,400 USD
Zone C:
$239,600 - $359,400 USD
Zone D:
$239,600 - $359,400 USD
Use of AI in Our Hiring Process
We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.
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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, and 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.