Senior Staff Software Engineer at Affirm

Affirm is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction and fostering innovation within its engineering organization. This individual will collaborate closely with engineering leaders, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders to develop scalable, reliable, and high-performing solutions. The role involves shaping best practices, guiding architectural decisions, and driving the successful delivery of critical initiatives.

• Designing, implementing, and extending core platform services and APIs.
• Architecting and building the next version of the data-processing pipeline.
• Creating 3rd party developer APIs and tools.
• Analyzing/debugging performance issues across distributed services.
• Planning, designing, and building core platform software and systems.

Affirm is looking for someone who has:

• Solid CS fundamentals and fluency of a dynamically typed language.
• Experience building real-time distributed web services.
• Experience developing systems in web application frameworks.
• Experience implementing highly available data storage.
• Passion for Affirm's mission.
• Ability to cross team collaborate.
• Humility and self-awareness to understand and navigate the unknown
• Focus on the details in the user experience

Affirm offers:

• Health care coverage: covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for employees and their 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.