Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Platform Engineering - 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

• Join the Infrastructure Platform Engineering team at Affirm.
• Focus on reliability, availability, and operational efficiency of distributed systems.
• Work on proactive failure mitigation and operational tooling.
• Collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle.
• Set technical strategy and advocate for technical solutions.
• Ensure high availability and resilience of critical services.
• Automate operational tasks and scaling strategies.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership within the team.
• Provide feedback and guidance to develop talent on the team.
• Thrive in ambiguity and communicate effectively with global teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficient in backend systems design and development.
• Experience with technologies like Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with web apps using React or Vue.
• Strong incident response and post-mortem analysis skills.
• Ability to define technical plans for significant features.
• Experience in automating operational tasks and deployments.
• Strong ownership of growth and feedback seeking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable with both low-level language idioms and large system architecture.

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
• Generous stipends for technology, food, and lifestyle needs.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Employee stock purchase plan at a discount.