Software Engineer II, Backend (Repayment UX)
Overview
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.
Job Description
The Repayment UX Engineering team is growing, and we're looking for a Software Engineer specializing in Backend development. We're a full-stack team located entirely in Europe within the same time zone, but culturally rooted in Silicon Valley. We directly improve the financial lives of over 20 million people. We build and own user journeys that enable them to pay back loans worth collectively over $30B each year. Our team exists to make these moments the most reliable and transparent in world-class consumer finance. Our work is agile and fast-paced, shipping new code to production almost every two-week sprint, and rigorously measuring the impact it has on the behavior of our users. This role rewards curiosity, ownership, and a builder's mindset. You'll know exactly what your objectives are, you'll have what you need to hit them, and you'll choose your own path to get there. You'll learn quickly from experienced teammates and grow your craft on problems that matter at scale. If you want to build something new and operate it at scale – come join us!
Responsibilities
- - 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.
- - 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 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 contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.
Required Skills
- - You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
- - You have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
- - You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.
- - 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.
- - You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
- - Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
- - You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
Benefits
- - Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
- - Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
- - Learning & Development programs
- - Parental benefits
- - Employee Resource & Community Groups
- - Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- - 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
About the company
We started Affirm because credit cards aren’t working. They lure us in with perks, but end up costing a lot: The average U.S. household has $6,000 in credit card debt. With Affirm, you’ll never owe more than you agree to up front. Instead, you’ll always get a flexible, transparent, and convenient way to pay over time.
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