2 months ago
Remote, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Set technical strategy for the team over a year-long horizon and connect it to business-impacting projects.
- Collaborate with product management, design, analytics, and engineering 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, including monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, alerting, and on-call support.
- Establish code review and design standards and promote quality and ownership through writing and technical talks.
- Develop team talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
- Design, develop, launch, and evolve highly available backend systems at scale.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Experience using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Extensive experience developing highly available distributed systems with technologies such as AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
- Experience delivering major features or system components, or deprecating existing functionality, through technical and execution planning.
- Ability to write high-quality, maintainable code and understand systems from low-level language idioms through large-scale architecture.
- Demonstrated growth through gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
Benefits
- Remote work from anywhere in Poland for this remote-first role.
- Base pay range of 365,000 zł to 485,000 zł annually, plus potential equity rewards; compensation figures are provided in the salary field.
- Flexible spending wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, wellbeing, and family-forming needs, including up to 1390 zł per month for technology and wellbeing expenses.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including private healthcare through Lux Med's Platinum package and coverage for dependents.
- Competitive paid time off, paid public holidays, and additional paid Away Days.
- MultiSport card, mental well-being support through Lyra, and family healthcare and parental leave support through Maven and Parentaly.
- Learning and development programs, financial well-being support through Northstar, Employee Resource Groups, and an employee stock purchase plan.
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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.