Senior Staff Software Engineer, Affirm
Online Infrastructure
CA$206-256k
POS installment loans
Job no longer available
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$206-256k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of software development experience
- Proficient in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or other container orchestration technologies
- Experience with cloud-native traffic management, networking, and security concepts at scale (Istio, Cilium, eBPF)
- Experience in designing and creating cloud-native CD systems with ArgoCD, Flux, or similar technologies
- Solid CS fundamentals and practical coding and debugging experience using modern software delivery methods to develop services with Python, Go, C++, or JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or other cloud providers
- Familiarity with Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) is a plus. Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy, Istio, and Nginx, but we are open to exploring new technologies
- Have an enthusiastic vision for leading technical teams and mentoring other engineers
- You prefer leveraging, enhancing, and contributing to Open Source solutions rather than starting from scratch
What the job involves
- Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Infrastructure team. You will shape and own Affirm’s strategy for managing and serving our computing workloads
- Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across the platform engineering and product engineering organizations
- Design and implement frameworks, services, and tools to handle new Affirm products and business needs that can securely scale across millions of users and their transactions
- Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team, promoting best practices in design, coding, and testing
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.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ 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
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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