About the role

Software Engineer II at Affirm, developing backend systems for the Affirm Card. Engage in money management and data integration projects with a focus on growth and collaboration.

Responsibilities

With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
Support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.
Build and integrate data pipelines from a wide variety of products and systems.
Build a foundational platform which enables a wide range of critical processes, including reconciling each individual transaction across systems, partners, and cash movements.

1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in Python.
Familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
Mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
Comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
Experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount