2 months ago
Base Salary
$173k - $255k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly 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 resolution of project, process, technology, and business issues.
- Support artifact availability through metrics, escalation, keep-the-lights-on work, and on-call efforts.
- Set and improve code review and design standards and promote quality and ownership 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 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.
- Proficiency making significant changes in large code bases and developing tools and practices to do so safely.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
- Either equivalent practical experience or a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with the ability to work almost anywhere within the country of employment, subject to role-specific office requirements.
- Affirm covers all health care premiums for employees and dependents across coverage levels.
- Flexible Spending Wallets with stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
- Employee stock purchase plan with discounted shares.
- Inclusive interview experience and reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
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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.