Senior Software Engineer, Backend

🕒 August 5

🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

💵 €86k - €122k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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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

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems and supporting delivery. • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle. • Participate in ideation, articulate technical constraints, and partner on risk and trade-off decisions. • Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, and business issues. • Support artifact operations and availability by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and participating in keep-the-lights-on and on-call efforts. • Set and improve code review and design standards, advocating for quality and ownership through writing and tech talks. • Develop team talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example. • Participate in the required on-call rotation. • Build backend systems supporting real-time transaction processing, ledgering, and reconciliation for transparent credit cards.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer • Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale • Experience with Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes • Experience shipping front-end applications • Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with elegant, simple, and extensible designs • Ability to write high-quality, easily understood code • Proficiency making significant changes in large codebases safely • Suite of tools and practices enabling safe changes to large codebases • Demonstrated ownership of professional growth and proactive feedback-seeking • Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with a global engineering team • Required participation in an on-call rotation • Must be based in Spain; visa sponsorship is available

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • 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 • Visa sponsorship