Senior Software Engineer, Checkout; Powered

Position: Senior Software Engineer, Checkout (Powered by Affirm)
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Powered by Affirm)
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, providing consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Powered by Affirm (PBA) team builds the APIs and solutions that power all of Affirm’s integrations with Enterprise Merchants and Partners. We create and manage APIs and tools that drive checkout and merchant onboarding, and collaborate with stakeholders to design and build custom end‑to‑end integrated solutions.

What You’ll Do

Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open‑ended problems and ensuring everyone is supported throughout delivery.

Support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly 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 supporting “keep the lights on” and on‑call efforts.

Foster a culture of quality and ownership 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.

Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, 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 developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.

Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of 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.

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.

Ownership of growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, manager, and stakeholders.

Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with the global engineering team.

This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Compensation
Pay Grade – N
Equity Grade – 6

We typically hire new employees at the start of the pay range, based on location, experience, and job‑related skills. 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).

CAN base pay range per year: $150,000–200,000

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 have occasional office‑based work.

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 rest and recharge

ESPP – an employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of affirm at a discount

Equality and Inclusion
We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to 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] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function
Engineering and Information Technology

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