Senior Software Engineer @ Affirm

Senior Software Engineer

Full Stack, Pricing Experience

Posted on 6/20/2022

INACTIVE

Locations

Remote in USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Data Analysis

Product Design

Requirements

4+ years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities and experience mentoring engineers
Passion for partnering with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Analytics and Business teams
Experience building thoughtfully designed, highly performant interfaces
Product-centric thinking -- we care just as much about the product experience (ours, our partners', and our company's) as we do the design of our engineering systems

Responsibilities

Plan, execute, and own multi-team technical projects, including: project definition, technical specification, task break-down, delivery, monitoring, and maintenance
Architect high scale, high visibility software systems -- our APIs form the foundation of our merchant relationship
Work alongside the Pricing technical leads to collaborate with the greater engineering organization
Generate simple and elegant frameworks, services, and tools, that are easily deployed and debugged. Write high-quality, easily understood, code
Review others' work and provide constructive feedback in order to maintain high and consistent quality standards across teams
Educate, lead, and mentor junior engineers and drive improvement around design, coding, and testing

Desired Qualifications

Experience building financial systems is a plus

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm proudly includes Returnly.

The Pricing Engineering team’s mission is to deliver a scalable platform for the pricing and configuration of Affirm’s merchant services. This team partners closely with our product managers and business teams to deliver honest and transparent financial products that deliver values to all parties in the Affirm ecosystem through financing services. Investing in a robust pricing platform will be essential as we scale the company to be a cornerstone of ecommerce and offline retail around the world.

We are looking for highly motivated senior engineers to help us build the future of pricing at Affirm. Come join us!

What you’ll do

Plan, execute, and own multi-team technical projects, including: project definition, technical specification, task break-down, delivery, monitoring, and maintenance
Architect high scale, high visibility software systems -- our APIs form the foundation of our merchant relationship
Work alongside the Pricing technical leads to collaborate with the greater engineering organization
Generate simple and elegant frameworks, services, and tools, that are easily deployed and debugged. Write high-quality, easily understood, code
Review others’ work and provide constructive feedback in order to maintain high and consistent quality standards across teams
Educate, lead, and mentor junior engineers and drive improvement around design, coding, and testing

What we look for

4+ years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities and experience mentoring engineers
Passion for partnering with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Analytics and Business teams
Experience building thoughtfully designed, highly performant interfaces
Product-centric thinking -- we care just as much about the product experience (ours, our partners’, and our company’s) as we do the design of our engineering systems
Experience building financial systems is a plus

Location - Remote U.S.

Grade: USA30

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and can be located anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of the U.S. Territories, Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories) unless the job indicates a different global location. We are currently building operations in Spain, Poland, and Australia. Employees in remote roles have the option of working remotely or from an Affirm office in their country of hire, and may occasionally travel to an Affirm office or elsewhere for required meetings or team-building events. Our offices in Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Toronto will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis, subject to local COVID-19 guidelines.

All full-time jobs at Affirm (excluding interns and apprentices) are tied to a transparent grade-based pay range taking location into account.

[Colorado Candidates] In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the grade for this position in Colorado is listed above. You can find the Colorado base pay range and benefits here.

If you got this far, we hope you’re feeling excited about this role. Even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in Affirm’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways—not just candidates who check all the boxes.

Inclusivity:

At Affirm, People Come First is one of our core values, and that’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our D&I program here and our progress thus far in our 2021 DEI Report.

We also believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

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1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Point of sale installment loans for consumers

Company Overview

Affirm seeks to deliver honest financial products—to improve lives. The company operates a buy-now-pay-later platform for consumers at the point of sale.

Benefits

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.
Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
Away days: We offer 24 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 Core Values

People come first: We consider our impact on people’s lives before we think about our own interests.
No fine print: We are completely transparent and honest—with our customers and with each other.
It's on us: We take full accountability for our actions, never shirking responsibility or passing the buck.
Simpler is better: We make complex things simple and clear.
Push the envelope: We never stop innovating, taking smart risks, and raising the bar.