3 days ago
Base Salary
$173k - $233k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly team goals while leading engineers through ambiguous, open-ended problems.
- Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
- Identify and lead the resolution of project, process, technology, and business issues.
- Operate and improve platform availability through metrics, escalation, keep-the-lights-on work, and on-call support.
- Set and improve code review and design standards and promote engineering practices through writing and tech talks.
- Provide feedback and guidance to help develop engineering talent.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Experience building highly available distributed systems using technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Experience defining technical plans and designing significant features or system components with simple, extensible architectures.
- Proficiency making significant changes in large codebases and developing tools and practices for doing so safely.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
- A Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with flexibility within the country of employment; occasional in-person office work may be required.
- All new hires are invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- Monthly technology, health, and wellness spending stipends.
- Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars.
- Employee stock purchase plan allowing employees to buy Affirm stock at a discount.
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About Affirm
Affirm provides buy now, pay later installment financing at online and in-store checkout, along with a consumer app and virtual card, for shoppers and merchants. It monetizes through merchant fees and interest on select loans, with no late fees. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Affirm is a public company listed on NASDAQ that powers payments for thousands of ecommerce retailers.