Owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team
Leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
Supporting peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle
Proactively identifying project, process, technology or business issues
Supporting the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts
Fostering a culture of quality and ownership on your team
Helping develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance
Requirements
4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
A track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design.
Proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.
Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
Tech Stack
AWS
Distributed Systems
Kotlin
Kubernetes
MySQL
Python
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