Afterpay’s mission is to power an economy in which everyone wins, to play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We are obsessed with our product and we see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe. 

Offered by more than 70,000 of the world’s best retailers and has more than 14 million active customers globally. Top fashion and beauty retailers across the globe - including  Ebay, The Iconic, Myer, Foot Locker, Adore Beauty, Mac Cosmetics, Kathmandu and many others. We also have offices across the globe including New Zealand, USA, China, UK and Europe!

You'll be working on the Merchant side of Afterpay's business, supporting SMB (small/medium businesses) throughout their lifecycle with Afterpay - from applying to joining to transacting to growing, we cover it all. Our team supports the end-user applications as well as the microservices behind the scenes - this is a full-stack, product-focused, user-facing role. You'll work with a smart set of team members who are very motivated to keep learning and continuing to grow each other in a supportive way. 

Technologies you'll be exposed to:

• Frontend

  • React and Redux (including hooks) in TypeScript

  • React Testing Library and Cypress

  • Material UI and Figma

  • Webpack 5 (including some micro-frontends)

• Backend

  • Python (Flask) and Celery

  • Kotlin (Spring / Gradle)

  • PostgreSQL

  • Kafka

• Infra/DevOps

  • Heroku and AWS

  • Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Helm

  • Buildkite for CI/CD

  • Git + Github

What you'll bring:

• 0-2 years of professional software engineering experience (self-taught engineers and bootcamp/coding school grads are welcome… no 4-year computer science degree required!)

• Proficiency in either JavaScript or Python

• Experience leading a coding project(s) involving other engineers, including work that you may have done during a bootcamp experience or on your own

• Desire to learn, whether from your peers and mentors, or from independent research

• Appreciation for details and helping teams collaborate more effectively and efficiently (including your own)

• Kindness, maturity, and empathy for your end-users and colleagues

Onboarding Process:

You'll have a gentle, intentional onboarding experience and will have time to learn and grow comfortable with our systems, processes, and people.

Within 1 month, you'll:

• Get assigned and set up recurring meetings with your onboarding mentor

• Learn about the business and dive into the inner workings of our platform and our codebase, all while learning TypeScript, Python, Kotlin, and general software engineering best practices

• Tackle your first ticket by committing changes and deploying your code to production

Within 3 months, you'll:

• Help maintain both a codebase and a team culture that are a joy to work in

• Become leveled up on our technical stack, and support a variety of work including building product features, improving our testing suite, and expanding / refactoring APIs  

• Learn how the business operates and makes decisions as part of Afterpay's culture of ownership, transparency, and collaboration

• Work closely with your mentor and the rest of your team, receiving feedback through coaching, code reviews, and 1:1 meetings

Within 6 months, you'll:

Be equipped to deliver features and improvements with minimal guidance or support from other team members

• Help the team by performing code reviews and giving/receiving thoughtful feedback from other engineers and teammates in your product/design team

• Establish strong working relationships with your peers and leaders, practicing transparency and visibility in your progress against assignments

• Join the on-call rotation and help the team pay down technical debt and improve reliability

• Gain a more robust understanding of the needs of the product and become more comfortable with diagnosing problems

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 a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

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. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

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.