Affirm
Senior Software Engineer (Experimentation Platform)
Affirm, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193
Overview
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 Engineer\'s ability to deliver impact without compromising availability. What You\'ll Do 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, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks. You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example. What We Look For 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, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely. 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. Compensation and Benefits Base pay range reflects location-based differences and may include equity rewards. 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). USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000 USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $169,000 - $219,000 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. Some roles may require working from an Affirm office occasionally. Benefits
Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets - stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses Time off - competitive vacation and holidays ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount We’re committed to an inclusive interview experience for all, and 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] Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable laws. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm\'s Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein. 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 Engineer\'s ability to deliver impact without compromising availability. What You\'ll Do 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, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks. You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example. What We Look For 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, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely. 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. Compensation and Benefits Base pay range reflects location-based differences and may include equity rewards. 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). USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000 USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $169,000 - $219,000 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. Some roles may require working from an Affirm office occasionally. Benefits
Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets - stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses Time off - competitive vacation and holidays ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount We’re committed to an inclusive interview experience for all, and 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] Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable laws. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm\'s Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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