Affirm is looking to secure the assets and loans of its customers by protecting them through several security and fraud levers.
Requirements
- Proficiency in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using technologies like Kotlin (or any JVM language), Java
- Proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java/JVM and their associated backend ecosystem (Database access, Dependency Injection, Gradle/Maven, testing tooling, etc)
- Experience with data frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes and Airflow
- Proficiency in unit & integrating testing
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Consumer Authentication team to execute projects under the team roadmap
- Generate simple and elegant designs, and write high-quality code that can be easily understood and leveraged by others
- Work with other cross engineering teams and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects
- Participate in regular scrum meetings like Sprint Planning and Daily Stand ups
- Build optimizations through experimentation and improve conversion metrics
- Design and build distributed systems and applications, real-time, scalable web services and REST APIs
Other
- 2+ years of experience as a backend / server-side software engineer
- Self driven and motivated engineer who takes pride and ownership in navigating through ambiguities and solving complex technical/organizational problems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
- Humble team-player who places the needs of others first and participates in the development of peers on the team
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision 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
