Senior Software Engineer, Back-end, Financial Reporting

September 4

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Affirm

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Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

Affirm is a financial technology company that offers a 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service, allowing consumers to make purchases and pay for them over time with flexible payment plans. Affirm eliminates hidden fees and compound interest, providing clear terms and conditions for its users. The company also offers the Affirm Card, a debit card that allows users to request to pay over time for larger purchases or pay in full for smaller ones. Affirm partners with various retailers across multiple categories, including electronics, apparel, and travel, providing customers with the convenience of paying over time at checkout both online and in physical stores. Affirm's services are integrated with Apple Pay, enabling customers to make payments seamlessly from their iPhone or iPad.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

📋 Description

• Build scalable foundational systems and data pipelines to power our financial reporting • Partner closely with Product and Accounting teams to design robust reporting and reconciliation systems • Deliver accurate and timely data from Affirm’s suite of financial products for consumption by Accounting, Treasury, and Strategic Finance teams • Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team and lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems • Support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions considering risks and trade-offs • Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues and lead in solving them • Support operations and availability by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting on-call and keep-the-lights-on efforts • Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting or improving code review and design standards and advocating through writing and tech talks • Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance and leading by example • Build and integrate data pipelines from a wide variety of products and systems • Build a foundational platform which enables reconciliation of each individual transaction across systems, partners, and cash movements

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using Python • Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes • Fluency in back end development, event processing, and batch processing using technologies like Airflow, Spark, Data Lake and Snowflake • Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design • Write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others • Proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely • Demonstrated ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders • Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team

🏖️ Benefits

• Type of employment: Contract of Employment • Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents • Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle • Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge • Learning & Development programs • Parental benefits • Employee Resource & Community Groups • ESPP - Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules • Remote-first company with flexibility to work anywhere within the country of employment