Software Engineer II

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Affirm

๐Ÿ’ต $142k-$210k
๐Ÿ“Remote - United States

Summary

Join Affirm's Merchant Risk Intelligence & Platform (MRIP) team and contribute to building functionalities that automate merchant risk assessment. You will break down projects into tasks, collaborate with various teams, support system operations, and contribute to team community. The role requires 1.5+ years of software engineering experience, familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and experience with API development. Affirm offers competitive benefits including 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, flexible spending stipends, competitive time off, and an employee stock purchase plan. The position is remote-first, allowing flexibility to work from almost anywhere within the country of employment.

Requirements

  • Have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Be familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
  • Have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
  • Master 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
  • Have either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelorโ€™s degree in a related field

Responsibilities

  • Break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work
  • Support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
  • Support the operations and availability of your teamโ€™s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting โ€œkeep the lights onโ€ & on-call efforts
  • Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process
  • Work hand in hand with ML engineers to ensure an effective, accurate & explainable decision making process for merchants @ Affirm

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 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
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Remote work

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