Remote Senior Staff Software Engineer
at Affirm

Summary

Join our team as a key leader in the Decisions and Pricing Engineering group at Affirm, where you will drive the evolution and architecture of Decisioning system including ML innovation, champion innovative solutions, establish technical design standards, and foster a culture of technical excellence.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Ability to synthesize complex business, product, and technical requirements to consistently produce high quality system designs and software
• A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability
• A strong understanding of machine learning and modeling techniques at scale
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be proficient in asynchronous communication – written tech specs, wiki, project plans, etc
• Excellent project management skills – high degree of organization and ability to surface critical information effectively
• Business impact focus, pragmatic approach to delivering projects on time and safely
• Passion for working with cross-functional teams including Product, Risk, Analytics etc
• Python/Kotlin development experience is a plus
• Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers
• Experience with Fintech or regulatory industries is a plus
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Responsibilities

• Drive the evolution and architecture of Decisioning system including ML innovation
• Champion innovative, scalable, and delightful solutions across the organization
• Establish architecture, technical design, and code review standards, coach team members to conduct effective design and code reviews. Ensure high programming standards, create best practices, and lead by example
• Partner with Product Management, provide technical input to shape product direction and roadmap
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, humility, constant improvement, and rigor to build a team that can confidently tackle complex challenges across multiple technical domains
• Be hands on. Build APIs and data models to work within micro-service and event-driven architectures. Create parallelizable and idempotent batch jobs to process large amounts of data
• Take an active role in mentoring engineers and senior leaders, and the processes that support team growth and efficiency

Benefits

• 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