3 months ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
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 operations and availability through metrics, escalation, keep-the-lights-on work, and on-call efforts.
- Set and improve code review and design standards and advocate for them 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.
- Ability to define technical plans for significant features or system components and produce elegant, simple, extensible designs.
- Proficiency making significant changes in large codebases and developing tools and practices to do so safely.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote-first role open to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.
- Affirm covers health care premiums for employees and dependents across all coverage levels.
- Flexible Spending Wallets provide stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
- Employee stock purchase plan with discounted shares.
- Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the interview process.
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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.