Partner Engineer, Cash App Pay & Afterpay

Company Description

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 seven years ago in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay has millions of active customers globally and is offered at the world’s best retailers around the world including Anthropologie, Revolve, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi’s, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.

Afterpay is completely free for customers who pay on time – helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Afterpay 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. Afterpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.

We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing.

Job Description

Block is building new commerce experiences for merchants through Afterpay and Cash App Pay.  As a member of Block’s Partner Engineering team, you’ll work closely with business development and sales managers to explain our product, services, and APIs to partners during the sales process.  Additionally, you’ll support our partners and merchants through onboarding and with ongoing items.  This may include building custom reports, troubleshooting and problem-solving partner integrations, building sample API integrations, and supporting our product engineering teams on new features for partners.  You will also serve as a liaison between our product engineering teams, partners, and sales managers to influence our product roadmap and communicate new features externally.

You might be a good fit for this role if you enjoy working with customers, developing tools, and building and maintaining strong relationships.

• Experience working directly with customers
• Ability to translate our products functionality between technical and non-technical audiences
• Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu or using presentations and demos
• Ability to self-direct and can work independently yet also function well in a globally and culturally diverse team
• Curiosity to learn new technologies, solve interesting problems and build quality software
• Technical initiative and leadership on previous projects
• Experience building software that consumes REST APIs
• General payments industry knowledge
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time

Qualifications

• Using or documenting technical APIs
• Comfortable learning new technologies and staying up to date with payment trends
• Software development or other technical experience
• A rapidly scaling start-up environment
• Distributed work; especially in collaboration with others across countries and time zones

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $152,100 - USD $185,900
Zone B: USD $144,500 - USD $176,700
Zone C: USD $136,900 - USD $167,300
Zone D: USD $129,300 - USD $158,100

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits 
• Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources 

This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan sub