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Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Streaming

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

Location

United States

Posted

177 days ago

Salary

$200K - $275K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishApacheDistributed SystemsJavaKafkaKotlinNo SQLOpen SourcePythonSpark

Job Description

• Design and build data infrastructure systems, services and tools to handle new Affirm products and business requirements that securely scale over millions of users and their transactions. • Build and optimize high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines for critical business applications • Build frameworks and services which will be used by other engineering teams at Affirm to manage billions of dollars in loans and power customer experiences. • Help support the Streaming team that forms the backbone for several online and offline workloads at affirm. • Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Data Platform at scale and high availability. • Collaborate with other teams at Affirm, including ML and Analytics, to deliver streaming solutions based on various use-cases and best practices • Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production streaming systems, ensuring high availability and reliability of data systems

Job Requirements

8+ years of industry experience in building large scale production systems.
Strong hands on experience with Apache Kafka or similar streaming solutions for large-scale event streaming and message queueing
Experience building and operating robust and highly available infrastructure.
Experience working with data platforms like Snowflake, Glue or Databricks is a plus
Experience with Confluent Platform (Schema Registry, Tableflow) is a strong plus.
Expertise with at least one stream processing frameworks like Spark, Samza, Flink, Beam etc.
Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, and Kafka Schema Registry components, understanding its underlying functionality and implementation
Solid programming skills in Python, Java or Kotlin.
Experience with Apache Iceberg table format, CDC (Change Data Capture) tools is a strong plus
Knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases is a plus.
Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
Exceptionally collaborative with a history of delivering complex technical projects and working closely with stakeholders.
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Benefits

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
Flexible remote-first work policy with ability to work almost anywhere within the country of employment
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
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount