Python
Kotlin
AWS
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Payments)
Overview
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
Job Description
As part of the Consumer Payments team at Affirm, you'll be working on Affirm's Payment Processing Network. These systems currently process billions of dollars in payments each year and are vital components in Affirm's platform.
Responsibilities
- - Owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team
- - Leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
- - Supporting peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle
- - Proactively identifying project, process, technology or business issues
- - Supporting the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts
- - Fostering a culture of quality and ownership on your team
- - Helping develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance
Required Skills
- - 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
- - Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
- - Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component
- - Writing high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
- - Proficient at making significant changes in a large code base
- - Strong verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
- - Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- - Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- - Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- - ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
About the company
We started Affirm because credit cards aren’t working. They lure us in with perks, but end up costing a lot: The average U.S. household has $6,000 in credit card debt. With Affirm, you’ll never owe more than you agree to up front. Instead, you’ll always get a flexible, transparent, and convenient way to pay over time.
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