Affirm is looking to solve the problem of reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, and Identity Engineering owns the systems responsible for onboarding all consumers and managing their authentication and verification journeys across Affirm's product surfaces.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
- track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
- experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design
- 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
- strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
- experience with technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
- ability to write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
Responsibilities
- owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team
- leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
- ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery
- supporting your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics
- proactively identifying project, process, technology or business issues, advocating for them, and leading in solving them
- supporting 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
- fostering a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team
Other
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 4+ years of experience
- strong verbal and written communication skills
- ability to work remotely
- ability to work in a remote-first company
- ability to take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
