Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Decisions Orchestration)

Affirm; Regina; Remote; CAD 181,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Stock purchase plan

Flexible time off

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend, to set the technical direction for our checkout experience.

You will lead the design of the next generation of Affirm’s frontend, focusing on speed, clarity, and reliability across core flows while mentoring teammates. This remote-first role is open to Canadian residents and offers equity, stipends for health and tech, and a transparent pay structure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and architecting web applications.
• Proficient with React or Vue and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience delivering major frontend features and driving architecture.
• Able to work across product, design, analytics and engineering teams.
• Excellent communication across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood.
• Define and advocate technical solutions and operational processes.
• Own team operations and availability with monitoring, triage, playbooks and on-call readiness.
• Set code review and design standards and evangelize them beyond your team.
• Develop talent on your team through feedback and mentorship.

Skills

React

Vue

JavaScript/TypeScript

Frontend architecture

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

At affirm, we exist for the moments that matter-giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.

Decisions Orchestration owns key moments in affirm’s checkout flow, from the screens shoppers see to the behind-the-scenes downstream orchestration and state management that power them.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend, to set the technical direction for this space. You'll lead the design of the next generation of affirm’s checkout experience and raise the bar for frontend engineering across our core checkout flows. Your goal will be to make checkout fast, clear, and reliable.

What You'll Do

• 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.

What We Look For

• You have 8+ years of experience of developing and architecting web applications using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.
• You are proficient in working with Javascript/Typescript.
• You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
• You 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.
• Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrates that you have mastered gathering and iterating on feedback from your engineering and cross-functional peers.
• 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.

Base Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - Canada 7

Employees new to affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including 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: $181,000 - $241,000

This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

Remote-first with flexibility built in

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.

Benefits Designed For You

• Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
• Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
• Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
• Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy affirm stock at a discount.

We're committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we're happy to help.

For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.