Affirm

Affirm

Software Engineer II, Backend (Test Infra)

Remote US · Mid

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$225kDetected 11 days ago
TypeScriptDockerPlatform EngineeringRESTPlaywrightTest AutomationCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • 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.
  • Base Pay Grade - L Equity Grade - 6 Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.

Responsibilities

  • Own, improve, and maintain integration and E2E test automation frameworks, along with their associated CI pipelines.
  • Design and implement technical solutions to optimize test execution time and enhance test stability.
  • Write technical specifications and ADRs, contribute to technical solution design, and collaborate with engineers across the company.
  • Support engineering teams by assisting with triage requests and sharing best practices for quality assurance and test automation.
  • 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.
  • Experience in building and optimizing CI pipelines.
  • Strong background in quality assurance, test design, and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques and methodologies.
  • Experience in building or enhancing test automation frameworks and infrastructure is highly desirable.
  • We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in test automation.
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright and Pytest.
  • Experience with Docker and AWS.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, both verbal and written, with proficiency in asynchronous communication methods such as tech specs, RFCs, wikis, and project plans.
  • This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • You 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 code.
  • Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office.

Compensation

  • 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: 165,000 - 225,000
  • USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: 146,000 - 206,000

Benefits

  • 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
  • An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
  • 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:

This listing is sourced directly from Affirm's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.