Senior iOS Build System Engineer, Block
Mobile Developer Experience
$168.3-297k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$168.3-297k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- 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 job involves
- 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
Our take
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- 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 (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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