Affirm
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Zero to One Labs)
Remote Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$153k-$213kDetected 19 days ago
PythonKotlinReactFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewMySQLAWSRESTCommunicationCollaboration
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.
- Zero To One (ZT1) is Affirm's 0 -> 1 innovation lab, focused on turning bold ideas into validated new businesses.
- Operating outside the standard Product and Engineering structure, ZT1 is built for speed, autonomy, and decisive execution.
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 a total of 4+ years of experience as a software engineer.
- Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office.
- You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.
- You have experience leveraging AI tools, agentic coding workflows, and automation to accelerate development, prototyping, and problem solving.
- You have strong experience leveraging AI tools, agentic coding workflows, and automation to accelerate development, prototyping, and problem solving.
- 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.
Skills
- Work happens in rapid sprint cycles, where ideas quickly move from concept to AI-powered prototypes and real-world testing.
Compensation
- Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
- CAN base pay range per year: 153,000 - 213,000
Benefits
- Equity Grade - CAN 6
- We're extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first.
- 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
This listing is sourced directly from Affirm's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.