Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform Reliability) - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team.
• You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle.
• You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues.
• You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts.
• You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team.
• You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance.

Requirements

• You have a total of 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You are experienced in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Leverage Kubernetes expertise for cloud compute orchestration.
• Comprehensive traffic management for scalable platform operations.
• You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks.
• Ensure high availability and resilience of critical services.
• Partner with Observability and Reliability teams to detect and mitigate outages.
• Automate operational tasks and scaling strategies.
• Partner closely with Storage, Cloud, CI/CD, and Security teams.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle.
• Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge.
• Learning & Development programs.
• Parental benefit.
• Employee Resource & Community Groups.
• This role is eligible for creative tax benefits.