The Role
Block is building the next generation of commerce experiences for merchants and PSPs through Afterpay. As part of Block's Solutions Engineering team, you will be a senior technical leader driving complex partner and merchant integrations. You'll work directly with Sales, Partnerships, and Product teams to deeply understand customer needs, showcase our APIs and services, and solve challenging technical problems that accelerate adoption.
We are looking for an engineer with sales acumen, a thoughtful product intuition and an entrepreneurial spirit. This is a senior individual contributor role – ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and commerce, has hands‐on software engineering experience, and can represent Afterpay's technical vision to global enterprise merchants and partners while influencing product direction internally.
You Will
* Partner with Sales, Relationship Management, Partnerships to support developers integrating with our platform
* Design and deliver technical solutions, including building proof‐of‐concepts, custom reports, sample integrations, and troubleshooting complex issues.
* Act as a trusted technical advisor – translating business requirements into scalable integration approaches and advocating for best practices.
* Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to surface customer feedback and influence the roadmap.
* Create and deliver compelling demos, presentations, and technical deep dives for both executive and engineering stakeholders.
* Communicate product features, updates, and technical guidance clearly across internal teams and external customers.
You Have
* 8+ years of experience in technical customer‐facing roles (partner engineering, solutions architecture, sales engineering), working with enterprise merchants or global partners.
* Deep hands‐on technical expertise – comfortable building with APIs, debugging integrations, and guiding developers through complex implementations.
* Prior professional experience with full‐stack development and proficiency in at least one programming language, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies.
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non‐technical audiences and influence senior stakeholders.
* Proven success leading technical projects or initiatives end‐to‐end in globally distributed, multicultural teams.
* A strong understanding of payments, fintech, or commerce platforms.
* Experience presenting to technical and executive audiences in both structured and impromptu settings.
* A willingness to travel for onsite client meetings (10‐20%).
* Additional languages (e.g. Mandarin) is a plus.
Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to identity or other legally protected class. We 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 confidentially.
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