Senior Data Engineer

Company Description

Join a movement in which everyone can win. We started a movement in which everyone can win - shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe.

Founded five years ago in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay (known as Clearpay in the UK & EU) has millions of active customers and is offered by the world’s best retailers around the world including Boohoo, ASOS, Marks & Spencer, JD Sports and many others. Clearpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.

Clearpay is completely free for customers who pay on time - helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Clearpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to maintain financial wellness and control, by splitting payments in four, for both online and in-store purchases. Clearpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.

The Afterpay Group has recently been acquired by Block Inc. Block is made up of Square, Afterpay (known as Clearpay in the UK & EU), Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL and TBD. One company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

**Job Description**:
The Global Data Engineering and Platforms (GDP) team is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their growing team. The purpose of the GDP team is to design, develop, and maintain a scalable and easy-to-use Data Platform that helps Clearpay on its journey to become the world's most-loved way to pay. This is a great opportunity for someone with a DevOps or software engineering background who is experienced in cloud infrastructure and wants to build their career within a fast-growing, global company.

You Will
- Technically lead and execute data infrastructure projects
- Procure, Process, and Provide data from myriad sources in the GDP
- Write secure, clear, well-structured, and performant code
- Keep up-to-date with advances in the Data space and share learnings with the team
- Participate in after-hours and weekend support rotations

**Qualifications**:
You Have
- The love for data engineering and get excited talking about data, analytics, and AI/ML
- Lead by example in running best practices of Data Engineering
- In depth Data Engineering skills (SQL, Python, Spark, etc.)
- Understand usual data concepts such as Data Lake, Data Warehousing, ingestion patterns, etc
- Have experience in Cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
- Have experience with Git/Jenkins, JIRA

Bonus points for
- Spark (we use Python and Spark for big data processing)
- Experience with Apache Airflow/Luigi/Azkaban
- Software Engineering/Dev-Ops background
- Knowledge of Terraform or Cloudformation
- Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals

Additional Information

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes
- Healthcare coverage
- Retirement Plans
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness perks
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Learning and Development resources

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._