Software Engineer II

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, and support the operations and availability of team artifacts. Responsibilities include working with ML engineers to ensure effective decision-making and contributing to a positive team environment. The ideal candidate possesses 1.5+ years of software engineering experience, familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and experience designing and developing APIs. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including a base pay range of $125,000-$175,000, equity rewards, stipends, and comprehensive benefits such as 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents. Affirm is a remote-first company, offering flexibility and a supportive work environment.

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
• 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
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’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 team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & 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
• Equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company)
• Base pay range per year: $125,000 - $175,000
• Remote work
• 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