Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People 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 As a member of the SRE team, you will proactively and reactively improve the reliability of Block's platform and critical infrastructure. You are metrics-driven, systems-oriented, and focused on building distributed platforms that enable safe, scalable product development. You will leverage and continuously improve AI-driven tooling and automation to enhance observability, accelerate incident detection and response, and reduce operational toil. This includes applying AI to incident analysis, alert tuning, and operational workflows. You will participate in primary platform oncall (12 hours per day, one week every few weeks, depending on team size), supporting Block's most critical (Tier 0) services. In this role, you will lead incident command, coordinate mitigation, and drive effective escalation during high-severity events. You Will - Build and extend platforms to improve system reliability - Work on team goals that encompass reliability for the entire company - Standardize reliability tools across multiple platforms and organizations - Triage, coordinate, and lead stabilization of sev 0-1 incidents - Serve as primary oncall, maintaining structured escalation paths and exercising leadership escalation - Drive platform-wide reliability improvements, shared operational tooling, and deploy-safety patterns - Use AI-driven systems to improve signal detection, reduce noise, and accelerate root cause analysis - Design and implement safe deployment patterns (progressive delivery, automated rollback, guardrails) You Have - Drive to root cause systems with many moving parts and take the necessary steps to fix them - Demonstrated technical initiative and leadership on previous projects, especially those with a backend/platform focus - Familiarity with AI-driven tooling for observability, incident analysis, or automation - A mindset that naturally reaches for AI to accelerate problem-solving and reduce toil - Experience running production oncall for high-availability systems - Strong incident management skills - structured triage, mitigation under pressure, blameless postmortems - Fluency with CI/CD pipelines, progressive rollout strategies, and rollback automation - Monitoring & observability expertise - building/tuning alerts for uptime, error rates, latency regression, and resource exhaustion - Ability to create and maintain evidence-based maturity assessments using trailing 90-day data windows. - Comfort with vendor/dependency management - maintaining validated escalation contacts reachable within ≤ 5 minutes. - Boundless curiosity, autonomy, and a strong sense of accountability - A strong desire to perform and grow as an engineer - 5+ years of software development experience Technologies We Use and Teach - Kotlin, Modern Java (11+) - HTTP, JSON, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers - MySQL / Vitess / DynamoDB - Event driven architectures - DataDog - LaunchDarkly - Terraform, Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy - Amazon Web Services 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 identity or 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 . Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role Application Guidelines Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed. Use of AI in Our Hiring Process We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws. Contact us here with hiring practice or data usage questions. Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block. Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. 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Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Fab15 WET Process & Equipment Engineer (MFG PEE) Process and Equipment Engineer (PEE) は, トラブル対応, リスク評価, ファブ立ち上げ, 装置リリースにおいて, 生産ラインを健全な状態に維持する責任を負います。さらにPEEは, 製品の品質向上, 歩留まり改善, コスト削減, キャパシティアウトプット（時間あたりのウエハ処理能力）の最大化のため, プロセス/ハードウエアの最適化に継続的に取り組む責任を負います。半導体ウエハ生産のWETプロセスにおいては, 様々な種類の薬液, ガス, 蒸気を使って, 最も効果的にパーティクル• 汚染物質を除去し, 膜を除去するためにPEEとしてプロセスと設備の両方の知識を備えます。すべての部門と協力し, 経験を積んで学んでいくことで, 技術的な知識およびソフトスキルを身に付けることができ, より優れたマイクロンのメモリ製品に貢献できるようになります。 私たちは平等に機会を与える会社であり, 社内で多様性を重んじています。人種, 宗教, 肌の色, 国籍, 性別, 性的指向, 年齢, 婚姻状況, 退役軍人か否か, 障がいの状況を問わず, すべての社員を受容する文化を持っています。• プロセス条件とテクノロジーを開発し, 改善する。• プロセス能力を向上させ, 生産コストを削減する。• プロセス管理プロジェクトを確立し, 修正する。• 多様な半導体装置におけるプロセスパラメーターをセットアップする。• 新しい装置/材料を評価し, 生産稼働への展開と, プランの策定• 異常発生時の解析と改善• Develop and improve process condition and technology.• Upgrade process capability and reduce production cost.• Establish and modify process management projects.• Set up process parameters for a variety of semiconductor equipment.• Evaluation, promotion, and planning of new equipment / materials.• Abnormal analysis and improvement. About Micron Technology, Inc. We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all . With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities - from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience. To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact hrsupport_japan@micron.com Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards. Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron. AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification. Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Position Summary: We are seeking a highly motivated Photo Engineer to join our Manufacturing Engineering (MFG-ME) team. This role is instrumental in driving business objectives related to capacity ramp-up and cost reduction for advanced DRAM semiconductor products. Key Responsibilities: - Lead initiatives to improve productivity through process optimization on Track equipment and ensure stable equipment operation to support capacity expansion and cost efficiency. - Collaborate with equipment vendors and suppliers of components and materials to develop and implement innovative technologies that address technical challenges. - Facilitate cross-functional communication and drive improvement activities by working closely with managers, engineers, and technicians across various departments and operational areas. - Contribute to company-wide technology deployment efforts by coordinating with both domestic and international fabrication sites. Preferred Qualifications: (Candidates are not required to meet all criteria) - Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word). - Ability to communicate effectively in Japanese and English, including email correspondence and technical documentation. - Strong initiative and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to proposing improvement strategies. - Capability to manage complex issues through close collaboration with stakeholders and appropriate escalation when necessary. About Micron Technology, Inc. We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all . With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities - from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience. To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact hrsupport_japan@micron.com Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards. Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron. AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification. Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.

• Architect, deploy, and operate enterprise messaging and middleware platforms including RabbitMQ, Redis, and Azure Service Bus across development, staging, and production environments. • Design and govern event-driven and message-driven integration patterns: pub/sub, competing consumers, dead-letter handling, saga/choreography, and request-reply. • Lead performance engineering for middleware: tune RabbitMQ broker configuration, channel and prefetch settings, Redis eviction policies, cluster topology, and Azure Service Bus namespace tiers and partitioning. • Define and enforce standards for message schema design, versioning, serialisation (JSON, Avro, Protobuf), and backward/forward compatibility. • Implement and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery for middleware: RabbitMQ mirrored/quorum queues, Redis Cluster and Sentinel, Azure Service Bus geo-redundancy and paired namespaces. • Establish end-to-end observability: distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), metrics (Prometheus/Grafana), and alerting for queue depth, consumer lag, connection pool saturation, and error rates. • Collaborate with application development teams to review integration designs, message flow architectures, and service mesh configurations before production release. • Own middleware security posture: TLS configuration, certificate management, RBAC/ACL policies on brokers, Managed Identity authentication for Azure Service Bus, and secrets management. • Drive Infrastructure-as-Code adoption for middleware provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible. • Support CI/CD pipeline integration for automated deployment, configuration, and smoke-testing of middleware components. • Lead incident response and post-incident reviews for Severity 1 middleware outages; produce actionable remediation plans. • Mentor mid-level and junior engineers; produce architecture decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and operational documentation.