Software Engineer I, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm's Identity Engineering team and contribute to the development and maintenance of high-availability, low-latency systems for consumer onboarding and authentication. Collaborate with a team to design, develop, and launch backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin. Work on tasks contributing to team projects and goals, balancing speed and quality to meet business objectives. Proactively engage with stakeholders, manage risks, and foster a collaborative team environment. Take ownership of your professional growth and seek feedback to improve. Affirm offers competitive benefits, including 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, flexible spending stipends, and competitive time off.

Requirements

• You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using one of Python or Kotlin
• You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• You 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
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Responsibilities

• With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals
• You will 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
• You will strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities

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