Software Engineer II, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm's Consumer Authentication Engineering team as a highly motivated Backend engineer. You will collaborate with a team of engineers, product managers, and technical leads to execute projects, design and develop scalable backend systems using technologies like Kotlin or Java, and build optimizations through experimentation. The role involves working on key architecture and product initiatives, delivering major features, and improving conversion metrics. You will participate in scrum meetings and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Affirm offers a competitive compensation package including base pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• You have 2+ years of experience as a backend / server-side software engineer
• You are proficient in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using technologies like Kotlin (or any JVM language), Java
• Proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java/JVM and their associated backend ecosystem is a must (Database access, Dependency Injection, Gradle/Maven, testing tooling, etc)
• You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan
• You are a self driven and motivated engineer who takes pride and ownership in navigating through ambiguities and solving complex technical/organizational problems
• You have experience designing and building distributed systems and applications, real-time, scalable web services and REST APIs
• Experience with data frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes and Airflow
• Proficiency in unit & integrating testing
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
• You're a humble team-player who places the needs of others first and participates in the development of peers on the team

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Consumer Authentication team; Product Manager, Engineering Manager, Technical Leads and other developers in the execution of projects under the team roadmap
• Consistently generate simple and elegant designs, and write high-quality code that can be easily understood and leveraged by others
• Work with other cross engineering teams and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects
• Participate in regular scrum meetings like Sprint Planning and Daily Stand ups

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