3 days ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly team goals while leading engineers through open-ended problems.
- Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
- Identify and resolve project, process, technology, and business issues.
- Create and monitor metrics, support artifact availability, and participate in on-call and keep-the-lights-on operations.
- Set and improve code review and design standards and promote quality through writing and tech talks.
- Develop talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
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.
- Proficiency with backend programming languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Ability to define technical plans and design significant features or system components with simple, extensible architectures.
- Experience making significant changes safely in large codebases using appropriate tools and practices.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
- Experience training and deploying models in production is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote-first role open to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.
- Occasional in-person work may be required, and all new hires are invited to an in-person onboarding experience.
- 100% subsidized health, 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 with discounted Affirm stock.
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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.