Job Url: https://jobright.ai/jobs/info/698268540a9e07331f8d6b4b Job Description: Affirm · 57 minutes ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend (PMI Core) United States Full-time Remote Lead/Staff $200K/yr - $250K/yr 8+ years exp 91% STRONG MATCH 100% Exp. Level 86% Skill 48% Industry Exp. Maximize your interview chances 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 Partner Merchant Interface (PMI) team builds the APIs and solutions that power Affirm’s integrations with Enterprise Merchants and Partners, focusing on technical strategy and collaboration across teams to ensure successful product development. Financial Services FinTech Lending Payments Comp. & Benefits H1B Sponsor Likely Insider Connection @Affirm 2 email credits available today Discover valuable connections within the company who might provide insights and potential referrals. Get 3x more responses when you reach out via email instead of LinkedIn. Beyond Your Network From Your Previous Company F F F & 2 connections Previously@undefined and... From Your School F F F & 2 connections @undefined and... Find Any Email Responsibilities You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes You take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring you have the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing and alerting in place to support 'keep the lights on' & on-call efforts You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting 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 Qualification Represents the skills you have Find out how your skills align with this job's requirements. If anything seems off, you can easily click on the tags to select or unselect skills to reflect your actual expertise. Python Kotlin AWS Kubernetes MySQL Spark Verbal communication Written communication Team collaboration Required 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin An extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes Experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan Ability to write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others Thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work Demonstrated growth and impact trajectory that shows mastery in gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers 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 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 take time off to rest and recharge ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount