Senior Software Engineer, Backend (PBA - Growth)

About Affirm

Team and role

What you'll do

• Own and deliver quarterly team goals, leading engineers through ambiguous problems and supporting delivery.
• Partner with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, or business issues.
• Support operations and availability through metrics, monitoring, escalation, and on-call work.
• Establish or improve code review and design standards, and promote them through writing and tech talks.
• Provide feedback and guidance to develop team talent.

What we look for

• At least 4 years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
• Experience developing highly available distributed systems using technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with extensible designs.
• Ability to write high-quality code and safely make significant changes in a large codebase.
• Proactive ownership of growth and seeking feedback from colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication for collaboration with a global engineering team.
• Equivalent practical experience or a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Base pay

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

Workplace

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

Benefits

• Benefits include employee and dependent health coverage, tech and wellness stipends, flexible time off, holidays, and an employee stock purchase plan.