Safely Upgrading Payment Workflows at Scale with Block

About the presenter 

Daniel Skarbek is a FinTech engineering leader with over 22 years of experience building and evolving large-scale financial systems, including 16 years at PayPal and more than six at Block. He's currently on the team that owns the core ledgering system for Square sellers. A common thread throughout his career has been leading complex platform migrations and modernizing foundational infrastructure. He operates at the intersection of architecture and hands-on engineering, helping define long-term technical vision while remaining deeply involved in implementation.

About the presenter 

Josh Smith is a Senior Staff Solutions Architect at Temporal, where he helps enterprises such as financial services, telecom, and ecommerce teams design and develop resilient, reliable systems. He began his career as a C developer and has held roles ranging from development team lead to chief architect, with deep experience in infrastructure and developer operations.

Prior to Temporal, Josh brought his expertise to companies like S&P Global and Red Hat. His favorite part of the job is helping developers succeed with Temporal and build software they’re proud of.

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Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.

About the presenter <h3> tag

Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.

About the presenter <h3> tag

Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.