Backend Software Engineer (Streaming)

Affirm; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Health benefits

Parental leave 18 weeks

Away days

Learning & Development

Job summary

Affirm's Streaming team owns data infrastructure, event-driven architecture, and stream processing to drive discovery and validation.

As a software engineer with 1.5+ years, you will design, develop and launch backend systems using Python or Kotlin, work with AWS, Kafka, Flink, and Kubernetes, and collaborate across product, design and analytics.

This remote-first role offers generous benefits and opportunities to grow within a fast-moving data-centric environment.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and launching backend systems.
• Proficiency in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with AWS, Kafka, Flink and Kubernetes.
• Ability to work with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute new data infrastructure use cases.
• Design and scale data infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics.
• Support operations and on-call efforts.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

• The Streaming team at affirm is responsible for all things data and drives the strategy for event driven architecture, stream processing, data exploration, discovery and validation
• We leverage existing open source technologies like Kafka, Flink, Schema registry and also build our own as needed
• As a member of our team you would spend time identifying and executing on new use cases of data infrastructure, designing and scaling our existing infrastructure and working closely with other teams to promote the optimal use of data at the company
• With the support of your team's tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work
• You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
• You will support the operations and availability of your team's artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting \"keep the lights on\" & on-call efforts
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process

Benefits

• Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
• Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
• Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
• Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
• Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
• Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
• Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
• Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks' paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
• Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off-which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
• Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth

You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering teamYou have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or KotlinYour experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholdersYou have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible codeYou are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, Kafka, Flink and KubernetesYou are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviewsThis position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related fieldYou have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer