Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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Affirm

πŸ’΅ $92k-$125k
πŸ“Remote - Spain

Summary

Join Affirm, a company reinventing credit, and become a key member of our data engineering team. You will lead and mentor engineers, design and build highly durable cloud-based storage solutions, and collaborate with other teams on database needs. This role requires 5+ years of development experience, expertise in backend software projects, and a strong understanding of CS fundamentals. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes and Vitess. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including a comprehensive benefits plan with 100% subsidized medical coverage, flexible spending wallets, generous time off, and employee stock purchase plan. The position is remote in Spain, with visa sponsorship available.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of development experience
  • Experience leading design and execution and delivery of backend software projects. Hands-on coding and debugging experience using modern software delivery methods to develop services using Python , Go, or JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
  • Experience with designing and owning highly available, fault-tolerant backend systems using cloud storage services. Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers like Azure , GCP etc
  • Strong understanding of CS fundamentals such as Distributed Systems, Database Systems, Operating Systems, algorithms, and data structures
  • At least one of: Experience working in Database, SRE, or Infrastructure teams in the past, or have operated a distributed data storage system such as MySQL, Kafka, Cassandra, or others
  • Experience with Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor engineers to define and execute on a roadmap aligned with stakeholder needs
  • Design, build, and a highly durable and strongly consistent cloud based storage solutions
  • Design, build and own an infrastructure platform that provides critical support for operating database systems at scale
  • Design and build structured storage solutions that solve for privacy first storage solutions
  • Collaborate with other teams on their database needs and provide continuous guidance on design and architecture
  • Participating in an on-call rotation and collaborating with other teams such as SRE to solve production issues

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with building and operating data privacy related engineering services and infrastructure
  • Experience building software for database administration or experience with devops for databases
  • Working knowledge of OLAP systems like Snowflake , Redshift , BigQuery and Table formats like Apache Iceberg , HUDI, Delta Lake
  • Eager to learn new things and have a growth mindset

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
  • Equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company)
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
  • Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
  • Learning & Development programs
  • Parental leave
  • Employee Resource & Community Groups
  • 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
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