Staff Software Engineer, Affirm
Batch Infrastructure
$200-275k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus employee stock purchase plan
POS installment loans
Open for applications
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-275k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus employee stock purchase plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Strong sense of ownership with a proven track record of successfully driving large cross-functional technical programs
- Experience building and owning large-scale, geographically distributed compute, and data processing systems
- Experience building and owning data lake solutions like Iceberg, Hudi, Delta, etc
- Experience building and managing Workflow Orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, Luigi, etc
- Experience with or working knowledge for efficiently scaling frameworks like Spark/Flink for extremely large scale datasets on Kubernetes
- Skilled at developing and debugging in Python/Kotlin or the ability to learn them quickly
- Working knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers
- Technical leadership; capable of handling mentorship, cross functional project execution, and solid individual contribution
- Demonstrated ability to deliver on complex technical projects by collaborating closely with stakeholders
- Eager to learn new things and have a growth mindset
- Well-developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication
- Experience working in the data infrastructure domain
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
What the job involves
- Shape the technical direction, strategy, and roadmap for Batch Infra platform that forms the backbone for several thousands of offline workloads at affirm
- Design and build data infrastructure systems, services and tools to handle new Affirm products and business requirements that securely scale over millions of users and their transactions
- Build frameworks and services which will be used by other engineering teams at Affirm to manage billions of dollars in loans and power customer experiences
- Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Batch Infrastructure at scale and high reliability
- Engage other teams at Affirm about their use of the Batch platform to ensure we are always building the right thing
- Take an active role in mentoring junior engineers, lead and implement the processes that support team growth and efficiency
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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