Senior Backend Engineer
Jerry- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Employment Type: [Not Specified] Location Type: [Not Specified] Salary: Base Pay Grade- N, Equity Grade- 8
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
The Streaming team at Affirm forms the backbone of several online and offline workloads at Affirm and drives the strategy for event-driven architecture, stream processing, replication, data exploration, discovery, and validation. We leverage existing open-source technologies like Kafka, Flink, Spark, and also build our own as needed to design and build real-time data processing pipelines that handle massive volumes of data across our distributed systems.
As a member of our team, you would spend time identifying and executing on new use cases of streaming data infrastructure and frameworks, designing and scaling our existing infrastructure, and working closely with other teams to promote the optimal use of data at the company. This role requires deep expertise in stream processing technologies and a passion for building scalable, fault-tolerant data infrastructure.
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.