Responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale
Collaborate across teams in product development lifecycle
Act as a force-multiplier for your team through technical solutions and operational processes
Take ownership of team’s operations and availability
Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team
Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance
Requirements
8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
Extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes.
Experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan.
Write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
Thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work.
Strong growth and impact trajectory demonstrating mastery of gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.
Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
Benefits
100% subsidized medical coverage
Dental and vision for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
Learning & Development programs
Parental benefits
Employee Resource & Community Groups
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
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