Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Affirm's Fraud Ops and Compliance Tools team as a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Backend development and contribute to building a global sanctions screening engine, case management system, and Anti-money laundering risk rating model. You will own and deliver quarterly goals, lead engineers, and ensure team support. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute financial crimes mitigation strategies and improve Fraud Operations efficiency. Write high-quality Python code, build APIs and workflows, and support product development. Proactively identify and solve issues, support operations, and foster a culture of quality and ownership. Develop team talent through feedback and guidance. This role is remote and based in Spain, with visa sponsorship available.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
• You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
• You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery
• You will work cross-functionally with colleagues in Machine Learning, Product, Compliance, Analytics and Fraud Ops teams to set and execute our financial crimes mitigation strategy and improve Fraud Operations efficiency
• You will Write high-quality code in Python that can be easily understood and leveraged by others
• You will build APIs and workflows to work within micro-service and event-driven architectures
• You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
• You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them
• You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts
• You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks
• You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake and dbt is a plus
• Experience with Airflow is a plus

Benefits

• Base Pay Grade - N
• Equity Grade - Poland 4
• ESP base pay range per year: €85,000  -  €115,000
• Additional benefits include:Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyleAway Days - wellness days to take off work and rechargeLearning & Development programsParental leaveEmployee Resource & Community Groups
• Location - Remote Spain
• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount