5 hours ago
Remote, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly technical goals for the Communications area.
- Design and evolve reliable backend services for high-volume, multi-region, multi-tenant communications.
- Build and operate resilient integrations with external messaging vendors.
- Identify and resolve scalability, developer experience, technology, process, and operational-resilience issues.
- Define service-level objectives and metrics, improve alerting and incident response, and participate in the required on-call rotation.
- Improve design, testing, code review, rollout, and operational standards.
- Provide mentorship, feedback, and technical direction to teammates.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development or engineering experience with deep system design and architecture knowledge.
- Proficiency in Python, Kotlin, or similar modern programming languages.
- Experience developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB, and Kubernetes.
- Experience designing multi-region, multi-tenant platforms with strong isolation, scalability, failure recovery, and data-consistency guarantees.
- Experience integrating third-party communications or messaging vendors and designing abstractions for differing capabilities, rate limits, and failure modes.
- Ability to plan and deliver significant features or system components with simple, extensible designs and high-quality code.
- Experience making significant changes in large codebases using tools and practices that support safe delivery.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and sound judgment in validating their outputs.
- Strong ownership, growth mindset, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
Benefits
- Remote-first role based in Spain, with occasional in-person work potentially required and an in-person onboarding experience for new hires.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this role, provided the employee is based in Spain.
- €86,000–€122,000 annual base pay range.
- 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- Monthly spending stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, health, and wellness needs.
- Flexible time off, generous holiday calendars, and Away Days.
- Learning and Development programs, parental benefits, 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.