Software Engineer I

Summary

Join Affirm's Merchant Data Platform team as a backend engineer and contribute to a critical service supporting millions of requests daily. You will collaborate with a team to design, develop, and launch backend systems at scale, ensuring high availability and performance. Responsibilities include working on team projects, collaborating with stakeholders, balancing speed and quality, and contributing to team community. The ideal candidate possesses experience with backend systems, distributed systems technologies (AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes), and strong coding skills. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including base pay, equity, stipends, and comprehensive benefits such as 100% subsidized health coverage, flexible spending wallets, paid time off, and learning & development programs. The role is primarily remote, with flexibility for those in proximal roles.

Requirements

• Have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using one of Python or Kotlin
• Be familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• Have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code
• Be comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews
• 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

• Work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals
• Work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work
• Strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime
• Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• 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
• Remote work