Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm, a company reinventing credit, as a Senior Software Engineer to build and improve our backend disclosure system. You will architect, design, and implement systems for generating, sending, and archiving legal disclosures for our expanding financial products globally. This role involves leading a team, collaborating with stakeholders, and proactively identifying and solving issues. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership, mentoring team members, and contributing to Affirm's growth. The position requires significant backend system development experience and strong communication skills. Affirm offers competitive benefits including 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents, flexible spending stipends, and generous time off.

Requirements

• Have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
• Have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• Have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. Write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
• Be 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
• Demonstrate that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
• Have either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring everyone is supported throughout delivery
• Support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions considering risks and trade-offs
• Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them
• 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
• 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
• Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Remote work