Affirm
Senior Software Engineer (Experimentation Platform)
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 Affirm Experimentation Platform (AXP) team empowers Affirm to make data-driven decisions and enable safe rollouts. We support launches through Feature Flags and enable hypothesis-driven learning through controlled Experiments that help grow the business. AXP builds the APIs, systems, and workflows that allow engineers to target, ramp, and measure changes. We believe simpler is better and strive to improve our engineers’ ability to deliver impact without compromising availability. What You’ll Do
Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, guiding engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring everyone is supported during delivery. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to ideate, articulate technical constraints, and make decisions that consider risks and trade-offs. Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and participating in on-call efforts. Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting or improving code review and design standards, and advocating for them beyond your team. Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and leading by example. What We Look For
4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. Track record of building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Experience defining a technical plan for a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple, and extensible design; write high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others. Ability to make significant changes in a large code base and develop tools and practices to do so safely. Demonstrated ownership of growth, proactively seeking feedback from team, manager, and stakeholders. Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with a global engineering team. Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Compensation and Benefits
Base Pay Grade - N; Equity Grade - USA 8. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). USA base pay ranges per year: CA/WA/NY/NJ/CT $190,000 - $240,000; all other U.S. states $169,000 - $219,000. Affirm is remote-first; most roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional work from an Affirm office. Benefits highlights include: Health care coverage – Affirm covers all premiums for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets – stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules ESPP – Employee stock purchase plan Affirm is committed to an inclusive interview experience and provides reasonable accommodations as needed. For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco, Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. By submitting your application, you consent to Affirm’s Global Candidate Privacy Notice. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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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 Affirm Experimentation Platform (AXP) team empowers Affirm to make data-driven decisions and enable safe rollouts. We support launches through Feature Flags and enable hypothesis-driven learning through controlled Experiments that help grow the business. AXP builds the APIs, systems, and workflows that allow engineers to target, ramp, and measure changes. We believe simpler is better and strive to improve our engineers’ ability to deliver impact without compromising availability. What You’ll Do
Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, guiding engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring everyone is supported during delivery. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to ideate, articulate technical constraints, and make decisions that consider risks and trade-offs. Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and participating in on-call efforts. Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting or improving code review and design standards, and advocating for them beyond your team. Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and leading by example. What We Look For
4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. Track record of building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Experience defining a technical plan for a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple, and extensible design; write high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others. Ability to make significant changes in a large code base and develop tools and practices to do so safely. Demonstrated ownership of growth, proactively seeking feedback from team, manager, and stakeholders. Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with a global engineering team. Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Compensation and Benefits
Base Pay Grade - N; Equity Grade - USA 8. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). USA base pay ranges per year: CA/WA/NY/NJ/CT $190,000 - $240,000; all other U.S. states $169,000 - $219,000. Affirm is remote-first; most roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional work from an Affirm office. Benefits highlights include: Health care coverage – Affirm covers all premiums for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets – stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules ESPP – Employee stock purchase plan Affirm is committed to an inclusive interview experience and provides reasonable accommodations as needed. For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco, Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. By submitting your application, you consent to Affirm’s Global Candidate Privacy Notice. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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