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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

• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale and connect it to critical, business-impacting projects • Lead software engineering for all EU cards • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle • Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes • Own team operations and availability, including monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, alerting, and on-call efforts • Foster quality and ownership through code review and design standards, writing, and tech talks • Develop team talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example • Work across stacks on millisecond-scale transaction processing and ledgering and reconciliation systems

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer • Proficiency designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using technologies such as Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes • Proficiency developing front-end applications • Experience delivering major features or system components, or deprecating existing functionality, through technical and execution plans • Ability to write high-quality, maintainable code understood and used by others • Comfort working from low-level language idioms through large-system architecture • Demonstrated growth and impact through gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers • Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team

🏖️ 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 • Creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy • Health care coverage with premiums covered for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount • Equity rewards may be available