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Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Payments
AffirmSenior Software Engineer developing and launching backend systems for Affirm’s payment processing network. Leading team collaboration to ensure reliability and performance in high growth business.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSDistributed SystemsKotlinKubernetesMySQLPython
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team
- Leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
- Supporting peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle
- Proactively identifying project, process, technology or business issues
- Supporting the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts
- Fostering a culture of quality and ownership on your team
- Helping develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance
Requirements
What you’ll need- 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
- A 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 that enable you and your team to do so safely.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonKotlinAWSMySQLKubernetesbackend systemsdistributed systemstechnical planningcode base managementsoftware development
Soft Skills
leadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationfeedbackguidancequality assuranceownershipteam developmentproactive identification