Backend Software Engineer, Affirm
Marketplace Experience
$115-170k
+ An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount. Salary dependent on location
POS installment loans
Be an early applicant
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$115-170k
+ An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount. Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using one of Python or Kotlin
- You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
- 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
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
What the job involves
- The Marketplace team in Direct to Consumer builds the discovery platforms behind Affirm’s search, deals, and merchant details experiences
- Our mission is to help shoppers find the right merchant and financing for their needs
- As a member of our team, you’ll ship features that make it faster and easier for shoppers to find the right merchant and financing for their needs
- You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to scope work, write clean and well-tested code, review PRs, and ship new functionality iteratively
- With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals
- You will work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work
- You will strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime
- You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities
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.
Share this job
View 106 more jobs at Affirm