5 months ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team 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 resolution of project, process, technology, and business issues.
- Create and monitor metrics, escalate issues, and support operations, availability, and on-call efforts.
- Improve code review and design standards and advocate for engineering quality through writing and tech talks.
- Develop team talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Experience using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Track record developing highly available distributed systems using technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with simple, extensible designs.
- Ability to make significant changes safely in a large codebase using appropriate tools and practices.
- Strong ownership of professional growth and openness to feedback.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
Benefits
- UK-remote, remote-first work arrangement
- Health care coverage with premiums covered for employees and dependents
- Flexible spending stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Monthly health, wellness, and technology spending stipends
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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.