Engineering Manager, Android Developer Experience

Job highlights
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Qualifications
A computer science or engineering undergraduate degree or equivalent experience, including software development experience
2+ years of experience managing, recruiting, and retaining engineering talent and growing teams
First-hand experience building apps for Android
Preferably experience with:
Knowledge of build systems (Gradle/Bazel)
Experience supporting build or CI systems infrastructure at scale
Languages: Kotlin, Ruby, Python, Go
Operating Systems: Linux, MacOS,
Responsibilities
Android Developer Experience builds infrastructure and tools to ensure Block's Android development remains fast and efficient at scale
You will lead a team of senior engineers responsible for our entire development stack (build system, build tools, IDE, CI platform)
The team identifies important performance bottlenecks in the development experience, including the build system, IDE integrations, testing frameworks, pull request workflows, and amplifies the efficiency of our mobile developers to develop, test, and release apps to our end customers
Manage an outstanding team of experienced engineers
Grow the team by hiring and developing engineers, promoting engineering decisions, and applying your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar
Establish the technical direction for the team and lead them to achieve it
Collaborate with the broader Developer Experience team to provide a fast, easy, safe, and consistent developer ecosystem for all engineers at Block
Shape, schedule, and document the team's work to ensure successful project execution
Participate in technical, design, and product discussions with teams across the organization
Job description
Block is a company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The foundational teams that form our corporation provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe to develop 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.
The Role

Android Developer Experience builds infrastructure and tools to ensure Block's Android development remains fast and efficient at scale. This high force multiplier team aims to enhance the developer experience for all Android developers at Block. Our focus is on improving both the local IDE and CI experience when working within our massive monorepo codebase.

You will lead a team of senior engineers responsible for our entire development stack (build system, build tools, IDE, CI platform). We work with cross-functional partners at Gradle, Google, and JetBrains to accelerate our delivery of a fast and efficient developer experience.

The team identifies important performance bottlenecks in the development experience, including the build system, IDE integrations, testing frameworks, pull request workflows, and amplifies the efficiency of our mobile developers to develop, test, and release apps to our end customers.
You Will
• Manage an outstanding team of experienced engineers.
• Grow the team by hiring and developing engineers, promoting engineering decisions, and applying your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar.
• Establish the technical direction for the team and lead them to achieve it.
• Collaborate with the broader Developer Experience team to provide a fast, easy, safe, and consistent developer ecosystem for all engineers at Block.
• Shape, schedule, and document the team's work to ensure successful project execution.
• Participate in technical, design, and product discussions with teams across the organization.
You Have
• A computer science or engineering undergraduate degree or equivalent experience, including software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing, recruiting, and retaining engineering talent and growing teams.
• First-hand experience building apps for Android.
• Preferably experience with:
• Knowledge of build systems (Gradle/Bazel).
• Experience supporting build or CI systems infrastructure at scale.

Technologies We Use and Teach
• Languages: Kotlin, Ruby, Python, Go
• Operating Systems: Linux, MacOS,
• Other: AWS

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 also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

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.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and