Software Engineer, Affirm
Backend, Capital Orchestration
$142-210k
Actual salary range is dependent on location. Offers ESPP
Buy-now-pay-later card for online and in-store
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1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$142-210k
Actual salary range is dependent on location. Offers ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Fluency in full stack web development, back end development, event processing, or batch processing
- Experience in designing, building, launching, and maintaining products at scale
- Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
- Proficiency with agentic coding
- Knowledge of Python, JavaScript/React, Airflow, Spark, Horizon Portal, and SQL is a plus
- You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code
- You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews
- Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
- You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
- Someone who is proactive, organized, curious, and a self-starter
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
What the job involves
- We are looking for a passionate engineer to join our Capital Orchestration team, which is responsible for providing liquidity to Affirm by enabling the sale and collateralization of Affirm loan assets
- To achieve this, our team develops a robust and extensible platform for on-demand transactions with low operational risk that scales to billions of dollars of collateral movement each month
- In simpler terms, we help ensure Affirm has enough money to originate loans, pay merchants, and continue to grow
- Build a foundational platform enabling us to reconcile each transaction across systems, partners, and cash movements
- Build and integrate data pipelines from a variety of products and systems
- Build intuitive and thoughtful user experiences to streamline the workflows of our business counterparts
- Develop a deep understanding of the capital systems which power and fund Affirm
- Partner with engineers on the team to help improve designs, code quality, and testing
- Collaborate with product managers and business counterparts to design best-in-class systems and processes
- With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work
- You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
- 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” & on-call efforts
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.
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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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