Founded in July 2021, TBD is one of Block's four business units, alongside Square, Cash App, and Tidal. At TBD, we believe in a decentralized future that returns ownership and control over your finances, data, and identity. Guided by this vision, TBD is building an open-source platform and developer infrastructure that enables everyone to access and participate in the global economy.
Job Description
The legacy global payments system is slow, expensive, and exclusionary, with risk priced in as fees or exclusion from the system itself, hitting the most economically disadvantaged the hardest. To address this, TBD is developing tbDEX, an open, interoperable protocol that provides a universal infrastructure and language for developers, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and governments to move value around the world in a more inclusive, efficient, and trusted way.
TBD Engineering has a dual responsibility: developing open source standards and SDKs while also building and operating our own products. In 2024, TBD's focus is on the launch of our first products. As a Technical Lead within TBD Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the systems design, software architecture, implementation, and operationalization of these products.
At TBD, we foster a low-ego, deliver-and-iterate philosophy where everyone's ideas are heard. If you are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex challenges and create a more accessible financial world, we encourage you to apply.
As a member of our engineering team you will collaborate with us to:
- Lead the team in delivering a reliable and maintainable financial services system to production.
- Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to define our roadmap and take ownership of delivery.
- Foster the growth of our development capabilities by leading, mentoring, and supporting fellow engineers.
- Establish best practices for production deployment, monitoring, and on-call support.
- Work alongside staff security engineers to implement secure development practices and ensure system security.
- Guide the selection, implementation, and integration of appropriate technologies, prioritizing efficiency, compatibility, and adaptability.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment within a nascent business unit.
- Effectively manage the integration and use of evolving open source projects.
- Contribute to TBD's mission of promoting financial accessibility and serving the global south.
Qualifications
You Have:
- 15+ years of experience developing production-grade systems and applications
- 10+ years of experience in cloud deployment, specifically with Kubernetes and AWS
- Proficient in Go programming language
- Experience in shaping technical strategy across multiple teams or organizations, with a demonstrated ability to drive company-wide standards in software engineering practices
- Proven ability to transition between individual contributor and technical leadership roles (preferably at both scaled and small companies)
- Strong operations skills and background, with experience running services in production
- Detail-oriented with a keen eye for quality software craftsmanship
- Rapid ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and concepts
- Skilled at handling a high degree of context switching and wearing multiple hats
Preferred Experience (all of the above, plus)
- Financial technology projects, cryptography, or blockchain.
- Prior experience leading teams who build scaled products as a hands-on manager of people
Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Full-time employee benefits include healthcare coverage, retirement plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid time off.
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.
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