Software Engineer I, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm's ML Platform team and contribute to building the core infrastructure powering Affirm's credit assessment system. You will work on tasks contributing to team projects and goals, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure speed and quality in your work. The role involves designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale, utilizing technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including a base pay range of $102,000-$142,000, 100% subsidized medical coverage, flexible spending stipends, and competitive time off. The position is remote-first, allowing flexibility in work location.

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 through your experience 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

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
• Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
• Equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company)
• 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