
Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Affirm Card
Affirm
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $169,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Drive planning and prioritization of projects based on product, technical, and business goals by leveraging relevant resources and data.
- Work cross functionally with colleagues in Experience, Accounting, Product, and Analytics teams to set and execute our money movement strategy for the Debit card
- Build APIs and data models to work within micro-service and event-driven architectures
- Take an active role in mentoring junior engineers, and the processes that support team growth and efficiency
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a software engineer
- A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be proficient in asynchronous mode of communication–written tech specs, wiki, project plans, etc.
- Excellent project management skills–high degree of organization and ability to surface critical information effectively.
- Work with our Product team to extend our core money movement systems;
- Passion for working with multi-functional teams including Product, Design, Analytics and Business teams.
- Python/Kotlin development experience is a plus.
- Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers is a plus
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
API developmentdata modelingmicro-service architectureevent-driven architecturePythonKotlindistributed systemsproject management
Soft Skills
communication skillsmentoringorganizational skillscross-functional collaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree