Staff Software Engineer (Batch Infrastructure)

Affirm; Sioux Falls (SD); Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative firm as a Staff Software Engineer focusing on Batch Infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to shape the technical direction of a cutting-edge platform that supports millions of users. You'll design and build robust data infrastructure systems and improve the efficiency of batch processing at scale. Your contributions will be vital in managing significant financial transactions and enhancing customer experiences. If you're passionate about solving infrastructure challenges and mentoring others, this position in a remote-first environment could be your next great adventure!

Benefits

Health Care Coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive Vacation and Holiday Schedules

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• Proven track record in driving large cross-functional technical programs.
• Experience with large-scale compute and data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction for the Batch Infra platform.
• Design and build scalable data infrastructure systems.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Data Infrastructure Systems

Workflow Orchestration

Python

Kotlin

Relational Databases

NoSQL Databases

AWS

Data Processing Systems

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Tools

Airflow

Spark

Flink

Kubernetes

Iceberg

Hudi

Delta

Job description

Staff Software Engineer (Batch Infrastructure)

Remote US

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 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 a 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 the 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.

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.

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