Senior Software Engineer, Android Developer Experience at Block

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 RoleAndroid Developer Experience is responsible for building and providing all necessary infrastructure and tools to ensure Squares Android development can continue to be fast and efficient at scale. Were looking for folks who are excited to problem solve and find solutions that empower hundreds of mobile developers to move more quickly than our competitors.You WillInnovate to amplify the efficiency of our mobile developers to develop build test and release high quality apps to our merchants.Identify key performance bottlenecks in the development experience including the build system IDE integrations testing frameworks and pull request workflows.Help define the scope and the priorities of the team by identifying opportunities to decrease build times reduce system complexity and improve the developer experience.Optimize the performance reliability and usability of our CI pipeline.Own the success of your teams projects and deliver quantifiable results.Leverage AI-first engineering practices to design build and optimize solutions that maximize efficiency scalability and developer velocity.You HaveMinimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 6 years and a Masters degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experienceFamiliarity with build systems (e.g. Ant Maven Buck Gradle Pants) and CI tools (e.g. Circle Travis Jenkins)Experience with supporting build or CI systems infrastructure (ideally at scale)Excellent software engineering aptitude and the ability to provide technical mentorship and guidanceExperience building apps for Android in Java / KotlinWere 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 were doing to build a workplace that is fair and square Check out our ID 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.Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills APIs,REST,Eclipse,Android,Application Development,SDKs,SQLITE,IOS,Java,JSON,Gradle,Mobile Applications Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1