Staff Software Engineer, Affirm
Privacy Engineering & Storage Service
€101-131k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
More information about location
POS installment loans
Open for applications
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
€101-131k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Software Engineer to join our Privacy Engineering and Storage Services teams
- Experience: 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on privacy, security, or storage systems. Working understanding of data protection laws, regulations and best practices including expertise in GDPR compliance an asset
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Kotlin, or Java. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and database technologies. Deep understanding of encryption, data masking, and other privacy-preserving technologies
- Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers. Ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and influence technical decisions across teams
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex privacy and storage challenges
- Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- In this role, you will be responsible for designing and building robust, scalable systems that ensure data privacy and optimize storage solutions across our platform
- You will collaborate closely with our Security, Legal, Product, and Infrastructure teams to design and implement systems that meet stringent privacy requirements and provide efficient, reliable storage services
- Your work will play a critical role in enabling us to maintain our commitment to user privacy while supporting our company’s exponential growth
- Design and Develop: Architect and implement scalable systems to ensure user data privacy and efficient storage solutions. Build tools and frameworks that empower teams to create secure and privacy-compliant applications
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Security, Product, Legal, and Infrastructure teams to ensure that privacy and storage solutions meet all necessary compliance and performance requirements
- Drive Privacy Initiatives: Lead and participate in cross-team initiatives focused on enhancing our privacy and data protection capabilities
- Innovate: Stay ahead of industry trends in privacy engineering and storage technologies. Drive the adoption of best practices and innovative approaches within the team
- Quality and Standards: Improve the quality standards and development processes within the team. Ensure that all solutions are reliable, maintainable, and scalable
- Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- On-Call Rotation - There would be an on-call rotation for this role as a requirement
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.
Boating over 15 million customers and 245,000+ 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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-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
- Spending wallets
- Supportive communities
- Remote-first workforce
- Generous time off
- Health benefits
- Mental healthcare
- Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & development
Company values
- People Come First
- No Fine Print
- It's On Us
- Simpler is Better
- Push the Envelope
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Max Levchin
(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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