What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Engineer, Audiences Web position at Block, Inc.?
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.
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.The RoleThe Audiences Web team builds buyer-facing and logged-in seller-facing experiences for our Retail, Food and Beverage, Services, and Health and Beauty sellers. We own experiences from simple settings pages to complex dashboards to interactive calendars and more. We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to report to the Audiences Web Engineering Lead and support the five teams and nearly fifty engineers in this organization.You WillDefine and drive the architectural vision for our web applications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.Lead technical decision-making across teams, influencing the broader engineering organization with web best practices and innovative solutions.Collaborate with and influence peers across functions and teams.Mentor engineers at all levels, promoting a culture of learning, innovation, and growth.Champion engineering excellence, including code quality, security, accessibility, and performance optimizations.Spearhead initiatives to modernize our front-end stack, introducing new technologies where necessary while ensuring stability.Contribute hands-on to our codebase, setting high standards for clean, maintainable, and scalable code.Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety on the team.You Have12 years professional experience in web development, including multiple years of experience working in React (and ideally experience supporting teams moving to React).Multiple years experience as a Tech Lead, and ideally at least one year of experience as a tech lead reporting to a manager-of-managers.A proven track record of leading large-scale web engineering projects and making strategic technical decisions.Strong experience with web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and responsive design.Experience designing and implementing front-end architecture for complex, high-traffic applications.A history of mentoring and growing engineers, providing guidance on technical decisions and career development.Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.Technologies We Use and TeachTypescript, React, Ember, Sass, and other web-app frameworksObservability and monitoring tools (e.g. datadog, sentry)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 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.
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