Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Streaming)

Affirm; Canada; Remote; CAD 178,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive financial technology company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Streaming) to build scalable and fault-tolerant data infrastructure. The role requires strong experience with Apache Kafka and stream processing frameworks, alongside a passion for managing data systems. This position is remote within Canada, offering competitive pay and comprehensive health benefits.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in building large scale production systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.
• Experience with data platforms like Snowflake or Databricks is a plus.
• Expertise in stream processing frameworks like Spark or Flink.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data infrastructure for new products at Affirm.
• Optimize data pipelines for high-throughput applications.
• Collaborate with teams to manage billions of dollars in loans.

Skills

Apache Kafka

Stream processing frameworks (Spark, Flink)

Python

Java

Kotlin

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Tools

Kafka Connect

Snowflake

Glue

Databricks

Job description

Overview

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Streaming) — Remote Canada

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 Streaming team at Affirm forms the backbone of several online and offline workloads at Affirm and drives the strategy for event driven architecture, stream processing, replication, data exploration, discovery and validation. We leverage existing open source technologies like Kafka, Flink, Spark and also build our own as needed to design and build real-time data processing pipelines that handle massive volumes of data across our distributed systems.

As a member of our team you would spend time identifying and executing on new use cases of streaming data infrastructure and frameworks, designing and scaling our existing infrastructure and working closely with other teams to promote the optimal use of data at the company. This role requires deep expertise in stream processing technologies and a passion for building scalable, fault-tolerant data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data infrastructure systems, services and tools to handle new Affirm products and business requirements that securely scale over millions of users and their transactions.
• Build and optimize high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines for critical business applications.
• Build frameworks and services which will be used by other engineering teams at Affirm to manage billions of dollars in loans and power customer experiences.
• Help support the Streaming team that forms the backbone for several online and offline workloads at Affirm.
• Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Data Platform at scale and high availability.
• Collaborate with other teams at Affirm, including ML and Analytics, to deliver streaming solutions based on various use-cases and best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production streaming systems, ensuring high availability and reliability of data systems.

What We Look For

• 8+ years of industry experience in building large scale production systems.
• Strong hands on experience with Apache Kafka or similar streaming solutions for large-scale event streaming and message queueing.
• Experience building and operating robust and highly available infrastructure.
• Experience working with data platforms like Snowflake, Glue or Databricks is a plus.
• Experience with Confluent Platform (Schema Registry, Tableflow) is a strong plus.
• Expertise with at least one stream processing frameworks like Spark, Samza, Flink, Beam etc.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, and Kafka Schema Registry components, understanding its underlying functionality and implementation.
• Solid programming skills in Python, Java or Kotlin.
• Experience with Apache Iceberg table format, CDC (Change Data Capture) tools is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases is a plus.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Exceptionally collaborative with a history of delivering complex technical projects and working closely with stakeholders.

Location & Compensation

Location - Remote Canada

Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 7

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $178,000 - $228,000

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

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. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

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