Distinguished Software Engineer, Affirm
Architecture - Infrastructure
$305-375k
Salary dependent on location + ESPP
POS installment loans
Be an early applicant
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$305-375k
Salary dependent on location + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Proven success leading infrastructure architecture for large-scale, distributed systems
- Deep expertise in at least two of the following domains: developer productivity, reliability engineering, data & storage, online services
- Strong hands-on knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (AWS and/or GCP), with AWS expertise preferred
- Ability to define and execute long-term infrastructure roadmaps that accelerate developer velocity and system resilience
- Track record of mentoring and developing senior ICs and technical leaders
- Extensive experience building and operating highly available, performant, and secure systems
- Effective communicator, capable of engaging both engineers and executives to drive alignment and clarity
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, with prior technical leadership roles
- Experience in fintech or consumer-facing systems is a plus
- JVM experience at scale is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- In this role, you will be a senior member of Affirm’s Architecture Group, reporting directly to the Head of Architecture
- You will own the architecture, technical roadmap, and delivery outcomes for Affirm’s Infrastructure domain, spanning the foundational platforms that enable all of engineering
- You will also shape Affirm’s broader technical direction through leadership within the Architecture Group, driving innovation and architectural coherence across the company
- You will serve as the accountable technical leader for four critical infrastructure areas:
- Developer Productivity: CI/CD, application testing, environments & tooling, and code standards
- Reliability Engineering: SRE practices, observability platforms, and reliability engineering frameworks
- Data & Storage Services: online storage, data lakes, streaming infrastructure, and batch systems
- Online Services: traffic management, capacity planning, and load testing
- Drive the long-term technical vision for Affirm’s Infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and developer empowerment
- Lead architectural strategy and roadmap definition in collaboration with domain tech leads and the broader Architecture Group
- Champion patterns and platforms that maximize developer productivity and system resilience
- Define and uphold standards for infrastructure design, operational excellence, and quality
- Partner with Product, Platform, and Engineering leadership to ensure infrastructure investments are aligned with business goals
- Guide cross-functional teams to deliver foundational services that enable Affirm’s product engineering at scale
- Mentor and grow a bench of IC technical leaders across multiple infrastructure domains
- Foster a culture of rigor, curiosity, and technical excellence across engineering
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.
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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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