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Senior Data Engineer, Product

Lead the creation and optimization of data models and pipelines for Block's product lines in a hybrid work environment.

Location
Bay Area, CA, United States
Compensation
$178.2k–$267.4k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 2 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 14 hours ago

What you'll build

  • Create and optimize data models
  • Take ownership of critical data pipelines
  • Build monitoring for data quality
  • Participate in on-call rotation
  • Work with non-technical partners

Must have

  • 10+ years of related experience
  • High proficiency in SQL, Python, and Dbt
  • Experience designing medium-to-large data engineering solutions
  • Experience with ETL scheduling technologies
  • Experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling
  • Experience with data quality monitoring

AI in the day-to-day

Build AI agents for false positive reduction and automated resolution.

Requirements

Experience
8–10 years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Remote Work Flexible Time Off Health Insurance

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Data Engineer at Block, the individual will focus on developing and optimizing data models and pipelines that support various product lines, ensuring data quality and reliability. Proficiency in SQL, Python, and experience with ETL tools like Airflow are essential, alongside a strong background in data architecture and lifecycle management. This position is suited for seasoned professionals with at least a decade of experience in data engineering, capable of translating complex business needs into actionable data solutions. The team operates within a collaborative culture that emphasizes innovation and impact across Block's diverse financial products.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 2, 2026. Last confirmed on Block's careers page October 3, 2026.
  • Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Engineering roles (median ~$180,656).
  • Starts above 29% of 143 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States that list Python we track (median $180,656 across 42 companies). See Python salary trends
  • Python appears in 80.9% of 220 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States; Prefect appears in 1.8% of 220 comparable senior data engineering roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Data Engineer, Product role remote?
It's hybrid — Block expects some on-site time in Bay Area, CA, United States.
What's the salary range?
Block lists $178,200–$267,400 for this role.
How much experience is required?
8–10 years of relevant experience for this Senior Data Engineer, Product role.
Where is the role based?
Block is hiring for this position in Bay Area, CA, United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Airflow, Databricks, Prefect, Python, SQL, Snowflake.
What seniority level is this role?
Block targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Data Engineer, Product role at Block.

From the original posting

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 50+ 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.

The Role

As a Data Engineer, you will handle everything from data architecture and modeling to data pipeline tooling and dashboarding. You will enable a range of other engineering and business teams to make impactful business decisions by laying the foundation of our large and unique datasets that span across multiple products. This role will support the product data engineering team.


The Product Data Engineering Team at Block builds and maintains the curated data foundation that powers all of Block's product lines — Cash App, Square, Afterpay, and Tidal. We transform raw event streams, transactional systems, and operational data into governed, tested, and reliable analytical assets across domains including banking, lending, commerce, investing, checkout, and AI assistants. We partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Applied AI teams to deliver the metrics, experimentation frameworks, and ML-ready datasets that enable Block's products to grow, improve, and serve customers at scale.

You Will

  • Lead the creation and optimization of data models across eventing, customer-level, and process-level data, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.
  • Take shared or independent technical ownership of critical data pipelines across Block — including foundational customer datasets, money transfer and movement pipelines, and the data infrastructure powering Block's experimentation platform.
  • Build monitoring to assess data quality and lineage and further, build AI agents for false positive reduction and automated resolution.
  • Participate in on-call rotation, monitor daily execution, diagnose and log issues, and fix business critical pipelines to ensure SLAs are met with internal stakeholders. Automate this process through AI agents to focus human effort on highest priority tasks.
  • Work with non-technical partners and product teams to understand their needs, translate business requirements into applicable data requirements, and develop automated end-to-end solutions.

You Have

  • A minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
  • High proficiency in SQL, Python, and Dbt
  • Experience designing medium-to-large data engineering solutions and responsible for the entire lifecycle of projects including scoping, design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation
  • Experience with ETL scheduling technologies with dependency checking, such as Airflow or Prefect, as well as
  • Experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling
  • Experience with setting up data quality and data lineage monitoring
  • Experience with data driven decisions through AI and agentic automation

Technologies We Use and Teach

  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • Dbt
  • Github
  • Airflow
  • Prefect
  • Omni
  • Terraform

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.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.

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:
$198,000—$297,000 USD
Zone B:
$188,100—$282,100 USD
Zone C:
$178,200—$267,400 USD
Zone D:
$168,300—$252,500 USD

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