Staff Software Engineer (Batch Infrastructure)

Affirm; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of a robust Batch Infrastructure platform. This role involves designing scalable data systems and frameworks that support critical business operations, ensuring reliability and efficiency at scale. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data infrastructure, cloud technologies, and technical leadership. Join a remote-first company that values flexibility and offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive healthcare and generous stipends for wellness and technology. If you're passionate about solving infrastructure challenges and mentoring others, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

100% subsidized medical coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• Experience in building and owning large-scale data processing systems.
• Proven track record of driving large cross-functional technical programs.
• Skilled in developing and debugging in Python or Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction for Batch Infra platform.
• Design data infrastructure systems to handle new products.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve team efficiency.

Skills

Data Infrastructure Systems

Workflow Orchestration

Python/Kotlin Development

Data Lake Solutions

Cloud Providers (AWS)

Relational and NoSQL Databases

Technical Leadership

Interpersonal Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Tools

Airflow

Spark/Flink

Iceberg/Hudi/Delta

Job description

Staff Software Engineer (Batch Infrastructure)

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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 vision for the Batch Infra team @ Affirm team is to provide reliable, scalable, self-serve and Affirm-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 Affirm through a wide suite of scheduled and on-demand compute solutions built on the cloud. Affirm 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

• Shape the technical direction, strategy, and roadmap for Batch Infra platform that forms the backbone for several thousands of offline workloads at affirm.
• 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 frameworks and services which will be used by other engineering teams at Affirm to manage billions of dollars in loans and power customer experiences.
• Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Batch Infrastructure at scale and high reliability.
• Engage other teams at Affirm about their use of the Batch platform to ensure we are always building the right thing.
• Take an active role in mentoring junior engineers, lead and implement the processes that support team growth and efficiency.
  
  

What We Look For

• Strong sense of ownership with a proven track record of successfully driving large cross-functional technical programs.
• Experience building and owning large-scale, geographically distributed compute, and data processing systems.
• Experience building and owning data lake solutions like Iceberg, Hudi, Delta, etc.
• 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.
• Skilled at developing and debugging in Python/Kotlin or the ability to learn them quickly.
• Working knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers.
• Technical leadership; capable of handling mentorship, cross functional project execution, and solid individual contribution.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on complex technical projects by collaborating closely with stakeholders.
• Eager to learn new things and have a growth mindset.
• Well-developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication.
• Experience working in the data infrastructure domain.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  
  

Base Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 13

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.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $225,000 - $275,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $200,000 - $250,000

Location: Remote - US

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.

Benefits

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• 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
  
  

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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