Affirm is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Checkout team to own and deliver quarterly goals for the PBA Core team. You will lead engineers through ambiguity, solve open-ended problems, and support the product development lifecycle for Powered by Affirm (PBA), which builds APIs and solutions for Enterprise Merchants and Partners.

What You'll Do

Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems.
Support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics.
Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them.
Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics and supporting on-call efforts.
Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards.
Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

What We're Looking For

4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design.
Proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices to do so safely.
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 a global engineering team.
Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Technical Stack

Python
Kotlin
AWS
MySQL
Kubernetes

Team & Environment

The Powered by Affirm (PBA) team builds APIs and solutions for Enterprise Merchants and Partners.

Benefits & Compensation

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.
Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount.
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000. USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $169,000 - $219,000. + equity: Equity Grade - 8.

Work Mode

This is a remote-first position open to candidates located in the USA.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.