Software Engineer II, Backend

Summary

Join Affirm's Developer Productivity team and contribute to enhancing the developer experience for over 900 engineers. You will break down large projects, collaborate with stakeholders, support operational aspects, and foster team community. The role requires 1.5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Kotlin, familiarity with distributed systems and AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and strong communication skills. 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 ESPP. The position is remote-first, allowing flexibility to work from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirm is committed to providing an inclusive interview experience and considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Requirements

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 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
• 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

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