Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Flex- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Candidates should possess 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale utilizing languages such as Python or Kotlin, along with a track record of developing highly available distributed systems leveraging technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. They should also demonstrate experience defining a technical plan for delivering a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple, and extensible design, and write high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring team support throughout delivery. They will collaborate with product management, design, and analytics, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions considering risks and trade-offs. The role involves proactively identifying project and business issues, advocating for solutions, and supporting the operations and availability of team artifacts through metrics and on-call efforts. Furthermore, they will foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review standards and advocating for them, and help develop talent on the team by providing feedback and guidance.
Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions
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.