Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Affirm and help reinvent credit! As a Software Engineer, you will break down large projects into manageable tasks, collaborate with team members, and ensure timely delivery. You will support peers and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle, participating in ideation and articulating technical constraints. You will also maintain the operational availability of team artifacts, create and monitor metrics, and contribute to a positive team environment. This role requires 1.5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Kotlin, and familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, flexible spending wallets, away days, learning and development programs, and parental benefits.

Requirements

• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in 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

Responsibilities

• With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work
• You will 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
• You will 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
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process

Benefits

• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
• Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
• Learning & Development programs
• Parental benefits
• 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