Senior Software Engineer, Checkout (Powered by Affirm)

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Powered by Affirm)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Powered by Affirm team builds the APIs and solutions that power all of Affirm’s integrations with Enterprise Merchants and Partners. We create and manage the APIs and tools that drive checkout and merchant onboarding, and we collaborate with stakeholders to design and build custom end‑to‑end integrated solutions.

What You’ll Do

• 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 and 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” and 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.

What We Look For

• 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. Write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.


• Proficiency at making significant changes in a large code base, and having developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.


• Ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, manager and stakeholders.


• Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.


• Either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Pay & Benefits

Pay Grade: N
Equity Grade: 6

Base pay per year: $150,000 – $200,000 (CAN).

Equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents) are also included.

Benefits

• Health care coverage – Affirms 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 rest and recharge.


• ESPP – An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount.

Employment Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level


• Employment type: Full‑time


• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco, 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.