Software Engineer, Affirm
Backend (Card Acquisition)
$125-175k
Buy-now-pay-later card for online and in-store
Open for applications
Buy-now-pay-later card for online and in-store
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$125-175k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience as a full stack developer
- Prior experience building and maintaining complex full stack systems with cross-browser support
- Familiarity/Exposure to: React Native, Python / Java / Kotlin
- Knowledge of modern front-end tech stack (we use Javascript, Typescript, React/Redux, ES6, Webpack, and CSS3)
- Prior experience with monitoring and alerting systems (Sentry.io, Rollbar, Chronosphere, Kibana)
- Experience with A/B testing and experimentation
- A pragmatic, user-focused approach to delivering high-quality features safely and incrementally
- A self-driven and motivated engineer who takes pride and ownership in navigating through ambiguities and solving complex technical/organizational problems
- Passion for working with cross-functional teams, including product, design, analytics, and business teams
- Eager to learn new things and have a growth mindset
What the job involves
- The Card Acquisition team is critical in bringing our exciting product vision to life. Like any other financial company, our first impression is essential in communicating trust and value to our customers and partners
- We're a dynamic, innovative team that drives user acquisition and growth. We are passionate about creating seamless and engaging experiences that attract and convert users into loyal customers. Our team leverages the latest technologies and data-driven insights to optimize the onboarding funnel and drive meaningful impact
- Work with product and engineering managers to implement business-critical features enabling new user experiences across the entire stack (React Native for FE and Python, Kotlin for BE)
- Work with team technical leaders to design and implement insightful, forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve significant open-ended problems
- Consistently generate simple, elegant designs and write high-quality code that others can easily understand and leverage
- Collaborate with the design team to ensure a visually appealing and user-friendly interface
- Build relationships with people across engineering and other organizations for project design, implementation, roll-out, and maintenance
- Implement robust analytics and tracking to measure the effectiveness of acquisition efforts
- Work with other backend engineers to integrate with APIs and data sources
- Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality and adherence to best practices
- Stay up-to-date on the latest web development technologies and trends
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Serving over 21 million consumers and over 300,000 merchants, the company offers flexible payback options ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
Kirsty
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Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company 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
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
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