Partner Engineer

Block•Oakland, CA

9h•$225,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Block, Inc. is hiring a Partner Engineer to support and grow strategic integrations on Square's platform in partnership with the Partnerships team. The role leads technical discovery and solution design for complex partner integrations and drives integration quality, including reliability, scalability, and maintainability. The Partner Engineer serves as the technical lead for Partner Engineering, setting direction, guiding prioritization, and supporting day-to-day execution. The role also contributes directly to complex integrations, serves as an escalation point, identifies patterns across integrations to inform platform improvements with Product, and coaches other Solutions Engineers to improve technical quality and solution design. The position may be performed remotely and requires 20% domestic travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Five years of experience in the job offered or in a Partner Engineer-related occupation.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Partnerships team to support and grow strategic integrations on Square's platform.
Lead technical discovery and solution design for complex partner integrations.
Drive integration quality, including reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Set technical direction, guide prioritization, and support day-to-day execution as the Partner Engineering technical lead.
Work directly on complex integrations and serve as an escalation point when needed.
Identify patterns across partner integrations and work with Product to improve platform capabilities.
Coach and support other Solutions Engineers, helping improve technical quality and solutioning.
Travel domestically 20% of the time.