Senior Software Engineer (Search Platform)
Affirm
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 Search Platform team builds and maintains the backend of the consumer facing Affirm marketplace search. The goal of the team is to allow for reliable and scalable access to high quality search results for users looking for specific merchants, categories or brands. You will work within cross-functional product and engineering teams to support the growth of the company by launching new features while continually improving the code base.
We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer to join us and help fulfill our vision. The work will be challenging due to the speed at which the market is growing, and the work involved will directly impact the growth trajectory of the merchant network.
We are only just getting started! Come join us as we build a beloved, lasting financial services brand predicated on honesty and trust. It’s going to be an amazing ride!
What You'll Do
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Work with product managers and tech leads to develop features to support product and platform initiatives.
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Consistently generate simple and sophisticated designs, and write high-quality code that can be easily understood and used by others.
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Build relationships with people across engineering and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects.
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Improve the current platform's extensibility, performance and usability to support rapid global deployment, scaling and expansion.
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Actively participate in making your team and workplace an inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds.
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Collaborate with team members on an on-call rotation basis, as it is required, to ensure seamless support and maintenance of the platform, contributing to its reliability and continuous improvement.
- On-Call Rotation - There would be an on-call rotation for this role as a requirement.
What We Look For:
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Over 5 years of proven experience as a software engineer
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Proficiency in Python or Kotlin/Java is a must. Proficiency in object-oriented, dynamically and strongly typed languages.
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Ability to synthesize complex business, product, and technical requirements to consistently produce high quality system designs and software
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Ability to collaborate with your team in a fast-paced environment
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Familiarity with deployment and automated testing frameworks, including experience with AWS services, such as EC2, S3, and RDS, as well as search services like OpenSearch, and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
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Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining complex systems
Compensation & Benefits
Base Pay Grade - N
Equity Grade - 4
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
ESP base pay range per year: €85,000 - €115,000
Additional benefits include:
- Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
- Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
- Learning & Development programs
- Parental leave
- Employee Resource & Community Groups
Location - Remote Spain
We are able to offer visa sponsorship for this role, but do require that someone is based in Spain for the role.
#LI-Remote
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
- 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
We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.
[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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