Senior Software Engineer, Backend (PBA - Growth)

About Affirm

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly team goals, guide engineers through ambiguity, and support them throughout delivery.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, or business issues.
• Support system operations and availability through metrics, escalation, and on-call efforts.
• Set or improve team code-review and design standards and advocate for standards beyond the team through writing and technical talks.
• Develop talent through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.

Candidate qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
• Track record developing highly available distributed systems using technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Experience planning delivery of significant features or system components with simple, extensible design.
• Ability to make significant changes safely in a large codebase using effective tools and practices.
• Proactively seek feedback and take ownership of professional growth.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
• Equivalent practical experience or a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Compensation

• Annual base pay range is $195,000–$255,000 in California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
• Annual base pay range is $173,000–$233,000 in other U.S. states.
• Total compensation may include equity, monthly spending stipends, and benefits.

Workplace

• Affirm describes itself as remote-first, with most roles available from almost anywhere within the country of employment.
• Some positions may occasionally require office work; all new hires are invited to in-person onboarding.

Benefits

• Benefits include fully subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents, monthly tech and wellness stipends, flexible time off, holidays, and an employee stock purchase plan.