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Responsibilities
- Set the team’s technical strategy on a year-long time scale and connect it to critical business-impacting projects.
- Collaborate with product management, design, analytics, risk, operations, and other teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes that act as a force multiplier for the team.
- Own team operations and availability through monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, alerting, and on-call practices.
- Establish code review and design standards, communicate technical practices through writing and tech talks, and develop team talent through feedback and guidance.
- Own full-stack features end to end, from shaping customer problems through production launch and impact measurement.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- 8+ total years of experience as a software engineer.
- Extensive experience developing highly available distributed systems with technologies such as AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency developing web applications with declarative UI frameworks such as React Native, React, or Vue.
- Experience designing, developing, and launching systems at scale and delivering major features or system components through technical and execution plans.
- Ability to write high-quality, understandable code and work from low-level language details through large-system architecture.
- Experience applying feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers and collaborating effectively with global engineering teams.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement for candidates residing in eligible Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.
- All new hires are invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience, and some roles may occasionally require in-person office work.
- 100% subsidized medical, 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.
- Inclusive interview process with accommodations available 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.