Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Observability

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $204k - $290k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔙 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 the architecture of Affirm’s telemetry pipeline, balancing reliability, query performance, and cost at 200+ TB/day • Design log-sampling strategies to reduce volume and cost while preserving incident signal • Shape observability practices for agentic development so AI coding agents and code review identify instrumentation gaps • Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long horizon • Drive cross-functional, business-impacting projects with product management, design, and analytics • 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 • Set code-review and design standards and advocate for them through writing and tech talks • Mentor and develop a team of six engineers through feedback, guidance, and leadership by example

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages such as Python or Kotlin • Extensive experience developing highly available distributed systems • Experience with AWS, MySQL, Flink, and Kubernetes • Experience building or operating high-volume telemetry systems using metrics, logs, and/or traces • Experience with OpenTelemetry, Kafka, and Terraform • Knowledge of structured and wide events, sampling, cardinality management, and SLOs • Experience driving adoption of platform standards across engineering teams • Experience delivering major features, system components, or deprecating existing functionality through technical and execution plans • Ability to write high-quality, understandable code • Ability to work across low-level language idioms and large-system architecture • Strong feedback-gathering and iteration skills • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity rewards may be included in total compensation • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending • 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents • Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents • Flexible time off • Generous holiday calendars • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) allowing employees to buy Affirm stock at a discount • Inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities • Remote-first flexibility • In-person onboarding experience for all new hires