3 months ago
Base Salary
$204k - $290k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set the team’s technical strategy over a year-long horizon and connect it to critical business-impacting projects.
- Collaborate with product management, design, analytics, finance partners, and other teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes that multiply team effectiveness.
- Own team operations and availability, including monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, alerting, and on-call support.
- Set code review and design standards and promote engineering quality through writing and technical talks.
- Develop team talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
- Build and maintain scalable ledger systems supporting accounting controls, monthly close, annual audits, and capital markets reporting.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Experience building highly available distributed systems using technologies such as AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
- Experience in financial systems, ledgering, treasury, or adjacent domains where data accuracy and reliability are critical.
- Experience defining technical and execution plans for major features, system components, or deprecations.
- Strong coding, system architecture, communication, collaboration, and feedback skills.
- Proficiency with languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- A Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with most roles eligible to work remotely within the country of employment.
- Affirm covers 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents.
- Flexible spending stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
- Employee stock purchase plan with discounted shares.
- Reasonable accommodations are available during the hiring process.
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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.