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Senior Software Engineer

Affirm10 days ago
Remote
Canada
CA$106,807 - CA$142,410/yearly
Senior Level

Top Benefits

Remote-first compensation structure
Spending wallets for tech, food, lifestyle, family planning
Generous time off

About the role

Who you are

  • You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
  • You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and service-oriented architecture
  • You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
  • You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely
  • Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
  • You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
  • This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

What the job involves

  • The Growth Platform Engineering team builds the core systems and tools that drive user acquisition, engagement, and lifecycle growth at Affirm. Our platform enables personalized communications, intelligent experimentation, and scalable services that help customers discover and adopt Affirm’s products
  • We collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and Experience teams to design APIs, event-driven services, and experimentation frameworks that reach millions of customers across thousands of merchants. This team’s work directly impacts how customers experience Affirm and fuels our long-term growth
  • You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery
  • You will 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
  • You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them
  • You will 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
  • You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks
  • You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example

Benefits

  • Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
  • Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
  • Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
  • Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
  • Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
  • Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
  • Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
  • Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
  • Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
  • Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth

About Affirm

Financial Services
1001-5000

At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products.

We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more.

A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either “@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email.

We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more.

Affirm is also proud to be a remote-first company! Attracting great people starts by finding talent in different places. That's why we built remote work into the DNA of how we do business—but if an office space is more your style, we have offices in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto.

Not to mention we have comprehensive and award-winning benefits that were made for you.

Interested in learning more? Check out our careers page and apply today!

Visit affirm.com/careers for more information.

A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either “@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email.