Senior Software Engineer, Backend
FlexSalary not specified
- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Technology, FintechIndustries
Requirements
Candidates should have 4+ 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, and proficiency in making significant changes in a large code base, along with a suite of tools and practices that enable safe delivery. Candidates should also demonstrate ownership of their growth through proactive feedback seeking and strong verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for their team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, ensuring everyone is supported throughout delivery, supporting peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design, and analytics, proactively identifying project, process, technology, or business issues, advocating for them, and leading in solving them, supporting the operations and availability of their team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts, fostering a culture of quality and ownership on their team by setting or improving code review and design standards, and advocating for them beyond their team, helping develop talent on their team by providing feedback and guidance, and participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. They will also participate in on-call rotation.
Skills
Software Engineering
Team Leadership
Problem-Solving
Collaboration
Product Development
Metrics Monitoring
On-call Support
Architecture
Platform Modernization
High Availability
Internationalization
Affirm
Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions
About Affirm
Affirm offers point-of-sale financing solutions as an alternative to traditional credit cards. It allows consumers to make purchases and pay over time through installment plans, often without hidden fees or deferred interest. Affirm partners with merchants to integrate its payment solutions into online and in-store shopping experiences, using user-friendly plugins and APIs. The company generates revenue from interest and fees on loans to consumers, as well as fees from merchants for offering its financing options. Affirm also provides a merchant dashboard for transaction processing and promotional tools to help businesses market these financing options effectively. The goal of Affirm is to empower consumers with flexible payment options while providing value to merchants in the e-commerce and retail markets.
Key Metrics
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,113.8MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees