Software Engineer II, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm's Credit Engineering group and collaborate with Product and Credit Risk teams to develop and implement new features in our underwriting platform. You will lead engineers, solve complex problems, and ensure the platform's performance. Responsibilities include owning quarterly goals, supporting stakeholders, identifying and resolving issues, and fostering a culture of quality. The ideal candidate possesses 2+ years of experience in backend system design and development, experience with distributed systems, and strong communication skills. Affirm offers competitive benefits, including 100% subsidized medical coverage, flexible spending stipends, competitive time off, and an employee stock purchase plan. Affirm is a remote-first company, offering flexibility and work-life balance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
• A track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
• Proficiency at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely
• Experience demonstrating that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
• 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

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery
• 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
• Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them
• 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
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks
• Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example

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