Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack (Agent Experience)

Affirm; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience to set technical strategy and support a team of 25 engineers. This remote position requires expertise in Python, Kotlin, and AWS, along with a Bachelor’s degree. The role focuses on delivering a world-class experience and developing talent within the team. Affirm offers a transparent pay structure and competitive benefits to its employees, emphasizing a culture of collaboration and continuous growth.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficiency in designing and developing backend systems at scale.
• Experience with declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale.
• Collaborate across teams for product development sustainability.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership on the team.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

React

Vue

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

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 Agent Experience team is responsible for ensuring our 2000+ customer service agents have the right tools, in the right place, at the right time in order to support Affirm's millions of customers. Composed of three teams and 25 engineers located throughout North America, we are a diverse and passionate team that is applying the latest Generative AI technologies to deliver a world class experience for our customers and agents.

What You'll Do
· You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.
· You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed.
· You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes.
· You take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring you have the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, polcities, testing and alerting in place to support “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
· You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting 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 a total of 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
· You are proficient in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale technologies like Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes
· You are proficient in developing web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.
You are a productivity multiplier for your teammates, supporting them in both their day to day tasks and in their long term technical growth.
· You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
· You thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work.
· Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrates that you have mastered gathering and iterating on feedback from your engineering and cross-functional peers.
· 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- 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

#LI-Remote

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

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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