Software Engineer II, Backend (Affirm Card)

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 Software Engineer II will help build tools and systems for managing money movement and data integration, contributing to the growth of Affirm's financial services. This role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure timely delivery of projects and maintaining operational availability.

Responsibilities

• Break down larger projects into individual tasks and deliver them in multiple phases
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics during the product development lifecycle
• Create and monitor metrics to support operations and availability of team’s artifacts
• Engage in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process
• Build and integrate data pipelines from a variety of products and systems
• Build a foundational platform for critical processes, including transaction reconciliation

Skills

• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in Python
• You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team

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 allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

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