Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Batch Infrastructure)

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. The vision for the Batch Infra team at Affirm is to provide a reliable, scalable, self-serve and Affirm-optimized compute solution to enable ML, Product, and Financial Engineering success. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining the compute platform that serves as a backbone for processing various business-critical batch workloads at Affirm through a wide suite of scheduled and on-demand compute solutions built on the cloud. Affirm is growing rapidly and so is the need for reliable and high-availability frameworks. If solving infrastructure challenges at scale excites you, come join us! What Youll Do Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, guiding engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported during delivery. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to ideate, articulate technical constraints, and make decisions that consider risks and trade-offs. Proactively identify project, process, technology, or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. Support operations and availability of your teams artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and participating in on-call efforts to keep the lights on. Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting or improving code review and design standards, and advocating for them beyond your team through writing and technical talks. Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

What We Look For (Qualifications)

4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. Track record of building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Experience with or knowledge of Workflow Orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, Luigi, etc. Experience scaling frameworks like Spark/Flink for very large-scale datasets on Kubernetes. Ability to define a technical plan for delivering a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple, and extensible design; write high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others. Proficiency in making significant changes in a large code base and developing tools and practices to enable safe large-scale changes. Demonstrated ownership of personal growth and a proactive approach to seeking feedback. Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with a global engineering team. Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelors degree in a related field is required.

Base Pay and Benefits

Base Pay Grade

• N Equity Grade
• 8 Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year:

$190,000 - $240,000 USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year:

$169,000 - $219,000 Affirm is remote-first. The majority of roles are remote; you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may be office-based due to the nature of responsibilities. Benefits

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules to rest and recharge ESPP - Employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares at a discount

We are committed to inclusive interviewing and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of support during the hiring process. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice. Employment details Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

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