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Block · 5 hours ago

Embedded Site Reliability Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$218K/yr - $327K/yr

6+ years exp

Block is a company focused on accelerating the world's transition to an open economy with innovative products. The Embedded Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for all aspects of software development related to the custom Bitcoin mining chip, including building, testing, and deploying software in various environments.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain cloud hosted observability platform for deployed devices

Maintain well structured defect documentation and system status reporting using observability platform

Support the development and maintenance of embedded software and tooling

Conduct in-bound issue triage for bug reports and hardware field failures

Implement tests or detection methods for new failure modes

Collaborate with the team to help develop features and resolve production issues

Conduct ongoing reliability and performance testing to qualify software releases to customers and to manufacturing

Organize customer impact assessments for field defects and software bugs in production

Partner with stakeholders to ensure technical execution meets expectations

Qualification

PythonGoEmbedded systemsLinux servicesJavascript/TypescriptSQLMetricsMonitoringC/C++/RustBug triagingRoot cause analysisCommunication protocolsElectrical design knowledge

Required

6+ years of relevant professional experience

Experience using Python or Go for automated testing, build systems, and/or systems integration

Experience developing internal web apps with Javascript/Typescript and SQL

Basic proficiency in C, C++, or Rust

Experience triaging production bugs and/or field defects on hardware products

Experience with metrics, monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms (e.g. Grafana, Splunk, DataDog, Elastic platforms)

Experience with embedded systems, knowledge of operating systems, familiarity with software development tools, understanding of hardware-software interfaces

Experience developing or maintaining Linux services or applications

Preferred

Knowledge of Bitcoin mining

Experience conducting preliminary root cause analysis using a multimeter, logic analyzer, and/or firmware tests

Experience developing or supporting electronics or IoT products

Understanding of common communications protocols (e.g. Ethernet, SPI, UART, I2C, USB), debugging practices (e.g. JTAG and associated GDB integrations), and basic electrical design knowledge

Degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

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Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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