
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.
🔥 0 minutes ago
🇺🇸 United States – Remote
💵 $204k - $264k / year
⏰ Full Time
🔴 Lead
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor
👻 Ghost score 1%
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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.
• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale • Connect technical strategy to critical, business-impacting projects • Collaborate with product management, design and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle • Ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are understood and managed • Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes • Own team operations and availability, including monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing and alerting • Foster quality and ownership through code review and design standards • Advocate for engineering standards through writing and tech talks • Develop team talent through feedback, guidance and leading by example • Build full-stack cardholder experiences and backend services for Affirm’s card product • Own features end to end, from problem definition through production launch and monitoring • Use AI to improve development quality and customer experiences
• 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, Spark and Kubernetes • 8+ years of experience as a software engineer • Proficiency developing web apps with declarative UI frameworks such as React Native, React or Vue • Proficiency designing, developing and launching systems at scale • 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 from low-level language idioms through large-system architecture • AI-first mindset and adoption of current technologies • Demonstrated ability to gather and iterate on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Equity rewards may be included in the total compensation package • 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) to buy Affirm stock at a discount • Inclusive interview process and accommodations for candidates with disabilities • In-person onboarding experience for all new hires
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