# Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform at Block

- Company: Block
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Bay Area, CA, United States of America
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $185K–327K
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply: http://block.xyz/careers/jobs/5438117008?gh_jid=5438117008

## Description

Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all.
 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. Join us.
 The Role 
 Product Platform Engineering builds and unifies the foundational systems Block engineers use to create, ship, and operate products. Within Product Platform Engineering, the Data Stores team builds the database and storage platforms that help engineering teams manage data safely, reliably, and efficiently.
 We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in databases and a generalist mindset. You will build new database platform capabilities, improve the systems engineers depend on every day, and work across backend services, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling. This is a software engineering role for someone who enjoys going deep on database problems without being limited to one technical domain. You will ask good questions, make sound technical bets, and use AI as a native part of how you explore, build, test, and learn
 You Will 
• Design, build, and operate database and sto

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