Affirm
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Authentication Experience)
Remote Canada · Senior
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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.
- Pay Grade - N Equity Grade - 6 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
- Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office.
- 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.
Compensation
- Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
- CAN base pay range per year: CAD $153,000 - $213,000.
Benefits
- In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
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