Staff Software Engineer, Finance Engineering
Flex- Full Time
- Junior (1 to 2 years)
Candidates should possess 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale utilizing languages such as Python or Kotlin, along with an extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems leveraging technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes. Knowledge of Airflow, Data Lake solutions like Apache Iceberg, and Data Warehouse solutions like Snowflake is considered a plus.
The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for setting technical strategy for their team on a year-long time scale, collaborating across teams in the product development lifecycle with product management, design, and analytics, and acting as a force-multiplier for their team through the definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes. They will also take ownership of their team’s operations and availability by ensuring appropriate monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting are in place to support “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts, fostering a culture of quality and ownership through code review and design standards, and helping to develop talent on their 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.