Software Engineer, Search Platform

Position Overview

Affirm is revolutionizing credit by offering honest and friendly buy-now-pay-later solutions without hidden fees or compounding interest. The Search Platform team is developing the next generation of Affirm Marketplace Search, aiming to provide millions of consumers with highly relevant search results to discover the best financing options. This is a high-impact role on a team that utilizes cutting-edge technologies to build and maintain a highly available, scalable search platform. Your work will directly influence the user experience, driving business growth and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional product, engineering, and data science teams to experiment, iterate, and optimize search relevance.
• Solve complex technical challenges in information retrieval, ranking, embeddings, and large-scale distributed systems within a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Contribute to team projects and goals with the support of your team.
• Work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, ensuring visibility and dialogue regarding risks and trade-offs.
• Balance speed and quality in your work to achieve business goals while protecting system stability.
• Foster a sense of community within your team through engagement in growth and development activities.
• Participate in an on-call rotation as a requirement of the role.

Requirements

• Previous work or internship experience in designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience with Python or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with distributed systems building blocks and technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to translate simple problems or business scenarios into robust solutions that interact with multiple software components.
• Proficiency in writing clear, easily understood, well-tested, and extensible code.
• Comfort navigating large codebases, debugging others' code, and providing constructive feedback through code reviews.
• Demonstrated ownership of personal growth, with a proactive approach to seeking feedback from team members, managers, and stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration with a global engineering team.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Pay Grade: J
• Equity Grade: 2
• Base Pay Range (ESP): 55,000€ - 85,000€ per year
• Compensation Structure: Affirm utilizes a transparent pay structure based on factors like location, experience, and skills. New employees typically start at the beginning of the pay range.
• Total Compensation: Includes base pay, potential monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and benefits.
• Benefits:
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Eligibility for equity rewards from Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food, and lifestyle.
  • "Away Days" - wellness days for recharging.
  • Learning & Development programs.
  • Parental leave benefits.

Company Information

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. We foster a supportive and collaborative culture where engineers take ownership, challenge the status quo, and grow together. Join us in shaping the future of Affirm’s Marketplace!