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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

87 days ago

Salary

$169K - $240K / year

Bachelor Degree4 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishAWSDistributed SystemsKotlinKubernetesMy SQLPython

Job Description

• You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team. • Leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems. • Ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. • Supporting your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics. • Proactively identifying project, process, technology or business issues and leading in solving them. • Supporting the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics. • Fostering a culture of quality and ownership on your team. • Helping develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance.

Job Requirements

You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design.
You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base.
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.
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

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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