Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Batch Infrastructure)

Affirm; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Spending stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affim is hiring for a Batch Infra engineering role focused on building reliable, scalable compute platforms for ML, product, and financial engineering workloads. You will own quarterly goals, lead engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and analytics to balance risks and deliverables.

The team emphasizes high availability, code quality, and proactive problem solving, with remote-first flexibility and a competitive base pay.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes for highly available distributed systems.
• Experience with workflow orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, Luigi, etc.
• Experience scaling frameworks like Spark/Flink on Kubernetes for large datasets.
• Ability to define a technical plan for delivery with clear design.
• Proven track record delivering maintainable, high-quality code.
• Strong communication to collaborate with a global team.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team, guiding engineers through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics in ideation and decision-making.
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology or business issues.
• Support operations and availability of team artifacts; monitor metrics and assist on-call efforts.
• Set and promote code review and design standards across the team.
• Develop talent by giving feedback and guidance and leading by example.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Airflow

Workflow orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

At Affim, 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.The vision for the Batch Infra team @ Affim team is to provide reliable, scalable, self-serve and Affim-optimized compute solution to enable ML, Product, and Financial Engineering success. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining compute platform that serves as a backbone for processing various Business critical batch workloads at Affim through a wide suite of scheduled and on-demand compute solutions built on the cloud. Affim is growing rapidly and so is the need for reliable and high availability frameworks. If solving infrastructure challenges at scale excites you, come join us!

What you'll do

• You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery.
• 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 proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them.
• 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 foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving 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 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and managing Workflow Orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, Luigi, etc.
• Experience with or working knowledge for efficiently scaling frameworks like Spark/Flink for extremely large scale datasets on Kubernetes.
• You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
• You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• 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 - NEquity Grade - 9

Employees new to Affim typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affim 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.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $195,000 - $255,000USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $173,000 - $233,000

#LI-RemoteRemote-first with flexibility built in

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: Affim considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.