Company Description
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.
Job Description
The iOS Mobile Developer Experience (MDX) team at Block builds and maintains infrastructure and tooling enabling iOS development at Block to be fast and efficient at scale. This is a high force multiplier team tasked with supporting and improving the developer experience for all iOS developers at Block. We've invested heavily in Bazel as the foundation of our build tooling and leverage technologies such as Remote Build Execution and Remote Caching across local and CI environments. You'll be part of a team on the cutting edge of iOS build engineering contributing heavily to open source Bazel projects, participating in the Bazel iOS community, and ensuring tooling works seamlessly across CI and developers' local environments.
- Contribute to our mission of delivering a fast and frictionless developer experience
- Identify opportunities to decrease build times and reduce system complexity
- Optimize the performance and usability of our build tooling
- Participate in Bazel open source community projects and discussions
- Provide input into team priorities and project roadmaps
- Mentor and level up other team members and Bazel users across Block
Qualifications
- Experience working with Bazel in a production environment and optimizing Bazel builds for large-scale projects
- Experience using the iOS toolchain for generating build and test artifacts (i.e. xcodebuild, clang, swift, ld, actool, ibtool, codesign)
- Familiarity with iOS specific Bazel rulesets (rules_ios, rules_apple, rules_swift) and the app development process on Apple-based hardware
- Experience working within large scale codebases and CI infrastructure
- Strong foundation in software engineering and excellent mentorship skills
- A passion for accelerating the development velocity of other engineers and improving their developer experience as part of a larger team
Qualifications
- Experience working with Bazel in a production environment and optimizing Bazel builds for large-scale projects
- Experience using the iOS toolchain for generating build and test artifacts (i.e. xcodebuild, clang, swift, ld, actool, ibtool, codesign)
- Familiarity with iOS specific Bazel rulesets (rules_ios, rules_apple, rules_swift) and the app development process on Apple-based hardware
- Experience working within large scale codebases and CI infrastructure
- Strong foundation in software engineering and excellent mentorship skills
- A passion for accelerating the development velocity of other engineers and improving their developer experience as part of a larger team
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy.
Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.
Why Work With Us
Across our ecosystem, we’re working to help our diverse audiences — sellers, individuals, artists, fans, developers, and all the people in between — overcome barriers to access the economy.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Most employees can join Block in an office location, from home, or with a mix of both. We create work spaces and experiences that help individuals and teams to be their most creative and collaborative.
