3 months ago
Remote, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly team goals while leading engineers through ambiguous, open-ended problems
- Collaborate with product management, design, analytics, and partner teams on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs
- Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, and business issues
- Create and monitor operational metrics, escalate issues, and support availability and on-call efforts
- Set and improve code review and design standards through writing and technical talks
- Mentor engineers, provide feedback and guidance, support new hires and interns, and contribute to hiring
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages such as Python or Kotlin
- Experience developing highly available distributed systems with technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes
- Ability to define technical plans for significant features or system components using elegant, simple, and extensible designs
- Ability to make significant changes safely in large codebases using appropriate tools and practices
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration across a global engineering team
- Willingness to participate in a required on-call rotation
Benefits
- Remote-first role based in Spain with visa sponsorship available
- 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses
- Wellness days, competitive vacation and holiday schedules, and parental benefits
- Learning and Development programs and Employee Resource & Community Groups
- Employee stock purchase plan and potential equity rewards
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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.