Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Payments

🕒 May 18

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Affirm

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

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.

📋 Description

• 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

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. • A 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 with an elegant, simple and extensible design. • 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. • Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

🏖️ 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