Senior Software Engineer (Comms Platform)

Senior Software Engineer (Comms Platform)

Remote Spain

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 Comms Platform team manages critical services essential to our organization, handling transactional communication send-outs via email, SMS, and push notifications. These services require attention to detail, proactive maintenance, and swift responses to ensure seamless operations.

Our recent high-priority initiatives include re-architecture / platform modernization, high availability, and internationalization efforts, vital for our growth and competitiveness. These require dedicated expertise and resources; without adequate capacity, we risk delays, reduced quality, and missed strategic opportunities. Most importantly, our customers deserve timely and high-quality communications.

What You'll Do

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and support everyone throughout delivery.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during the product development lifecycle, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and making risk-aware decisions.
• Proactively identify and lead solutions for project, process, technology, or business issues.
• Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating issues, 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, and advocating for them through writing and tech talks.
• Develop talent by providing feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
• Participate in on-call rotations as a requirement.

What We Look For

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• Experience with highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to define technical plans for significant features with elegant, simple, and extensible designs, and write high-quality, understandable code.
• Proficiency in making significant changes safely in large codebases, with tools and practices to support this.
• Ownership of personal growth through proactive feedback seeking.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective global collaboration.
• Practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Additional Information

Base Pay Grade : N

Equity Grade : 4

Affirm offers a transparent pay structure, benefits including health coverage, wellness stipends, parental leave, employee resource groups, and more. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, providing accommodations during the hiring process.

This role requires being based in Spain, with visa sponsorship available. Affirm is a remote-first company, with flexibility to work from almost anywhere in Spain, with occasional office visits.

Key benefits include comprehensive healthcare, stipends for tech and lifestyle needs, generous time off, and an employee stock purchase plan.

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