Square's Payments Platform is an open, global financial services platform for developers who serve sellers. It provides the necessary components to manage identity, process payments across multiple channels, hold and transfer funds, and provide accounting, reconciliation, and reporting in a secure and compliant way.

You'll be the data science tech lead for Trusted Identity - the product organization that enables sellers to start taking payments with Square. Trusted Identity ensures that we know who we're doing business with and keep up-to-date with our sellers as their businesses change and grow. Customers rely on this platform to make it painless to stay within the bounds of the law regardless of how their business evolves. You will partner directly with engineering managers, product managers, and software engineers on Trusted Identity, and you will report to Wafa Soofi, manager of data science and machine learning for the Payments Platform.

You will:

• Work directly with engineering, design, and product leaders to develop and execute a multi-year data strategy for Trusted Identity.
• Drive the Trusted Identity product roadmap via data-driven insights. You will work with product and engineering to ensure data models and instrumentation are in place, defining organizational north-star metrics, and interpreting those metrics for critical roadmap decisions.
• Monitor and optimize product experience and processes via automation. You will design and build schemas and data pipelines/ETLs, build dashboards, and design/run A/B tests.
• Direct the work of, and provide mentorship to, junior team members through feedback, coaching, and hands-on technical guidance
• Identify new opportunities for the data science team to pursue in partnership with product and engineering teams.

• 1+ year(s) of technical leadership experience in a data science or product analytics role
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data science and product analytics
• Experience designing and executing a multi-quarter roadmap for a data team.
• Experience applying data engineering, data analytics, and data science techniques to business and product problems
• Expertise with SQL, Python, and/or other analytics languages/tools and visualization

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $184,100 - USD $225,000
Zone B: USD $174,900 - USD $213,700
Zone C: USD $165,700 - USD $202,500
Zone D: USD $156,400 - USD $191,200

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• 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
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits 
• Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources 

This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

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.

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.