Senior Software Engineer, Affirm
$181-240k
Salary dependent on location. Plus ESPP
POS installment loans
Open for applications
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$181-240k
Salary dependent on location. Plus ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field & 3 years of experience in the following:
- Software application development including Python or Kotlin
- OLTP and OLAP databases including SQL, NoSQL and relational databases
- Architecting and maintaining complex distributed systems
- Developing and deploying projects using Control, Agile Methodology or Code Reviews
- AWS cloud computing resources including Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS Lambda or SQS
- Containerization (Docker and Kubernetes)
- Utilizing modern testing frameworks to write and maintain unit, integration and functional tests; and
- Debugging code issues utilizing data and stack trace analysis
What the job involves
- Design, develop, and test high quality software systems using Python or Kotlin
- Support product development lifecycle by collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Identify project, process, technology or business issues and drive solutions for issues
- Setting and maintaining code review and design standards for team
- Independently identify the right solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems
- Own and deliver projects in service of quarterly goals on the team
- Incorporate needs and opinions from stakeholders, advocating for ideas and initiatives
- Provide guidance on core application architectural decisions and leading implementation
- Define and deliver well-scoped milestones for a project, technical specification and be a technical lead for projects on the team
- Engineering and integrating Affirm’s systems with third-party servicing solutions such as AWS
- Provide support on questions around the software systems and the tooling built around the app
- Debugging code issues utilizing data and stack trace analysis; and
- Actively level up less-experienced members of the team by helping them with their craft, providing guidance, and setting a good example
- May telecommute
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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