Staff Engineer

Founded in July 2021, TBD is one of Block's four business units, alongside Square, Cash App, and Tidal. At TBD, we believe in a decentralized future that returns ownership and control over your finances, data, and identity. Guided by this vision, TBD is building an open source platform and developer infrastructure that enables everyone to access and participate in the global economy.
TBD is inviting the world to join us in building and adopting open and decentralized technologies that solve real problems for real people - from next generation infrastructure that lowers the cost of global payments and enables frictionless commerce, to decentralized identity technologies that enable anyone to access and participate in the global economy. Our mission advances economic empowerment through the power of decentralized solutions, built open source and collaboratively.
The offerings we build will provide developers, institutions, and individuals with the capabilities needed to build the next wave of innovative apps and services, and access this decentralized future. We're leveraging bitcoin and other decentralized technologies to reinvent the global financial system in an open and permissionless way to further Block's mission of economic empowerment, with a global focus
The Role
To facilitate our mission, TBD launched Web5 : a decentralized platform that provides a new identity layer for the web to enable decentralized apps and protocols.
Guided by this vision, TBD is building an open source platform and developer infrastructure that enables everyone to access and participate in the global economy. TBD is inviting the world to join us in building and adopting open and decentralized technologies that solve real problems for real people - from next generation infrastructure that lowers the cost of global payments and enables frictionless commerce, to decentralized identity technologies that enable anyone to access and participate in the global economy. Our mission advances economic empowerment through the power of decentralized solutions, built open source and collaboratively.
You will:

• Lead the team in delivering a reliable and maintainable financial services system to production.
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to define our roadmap and take ownership of delivery.
• Foster the growth of our development capabilities by leading, mentoring, and supporting fellow engineers.
• Establish best practices for production deployment, monitoring, and on-call support.
• Work alongside staff security engineers to implement secure development practices and ensure system security.
• Guide the selection, implementation, and integration of appropriate technologies, prioritizing efficiency, compatibility, and adaptability.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment within a larger ecosystem of products at a big company
• Effectively manage the integration and use of evolving open source projects.
• Contribute to TBD's mission of promoting financial accessibility and serving the global south.

You Have:

• 15+ years of experience developing production-grade systems and applications
• 10+ years of experience in cloud deployment, specifically with Kubernetes and AWS
• Proficient in Go programming language
• Experience in shaping technical strategy across multiple teams or organizations, with a demonstrated ability to drive company-wide standards in software engineering practices
• Proven ability to transition between individual contributor and technical leadership roles (preferably at both scaled and small companies)
• Strong operations skills and background, with experience running services in production
• Detail-oriented with a keen eye for quality software craftsmanship
• Rapid ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and concepts
• Skilled at handling a high degree of context switching and wearing multiple hats

Preferred Experience (all of the above, plus)

• Experience building scaled financial technology products, cryptography, or blockchain.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, or Rust
• Prior experience leading teams who build scaled products as a hands-on manager of people

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 also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.
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 will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
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
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.