About Affirm
Transparent financing for modern consumers
Key Highlights
- 21M+ consumers and 337,000+ merchants using Affirm
- Raised $1.1B in funding, currently in Series F
- Flexible payback options from 3 to 36 months
- Headquartered in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Affirm, headquartered in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA, is a leading fintech company specializing in point-of-sale installment loans. With over 21 million consumers and 337,000+ merchants including Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart, Affirm offers flexible payback options ranging from 3 to 36 months. The co...
🎁 Benefits
Affirm offers a remote-first workforce policy, allowing employees to work from anywhere in their home country. Benefits include 18 weeks of paid paren...
🌟 Culture
Affirm's culture is centered around transparency and consumer empowerment, with a focus on delivering honest financial products. The company actively ...
Overview
Affirm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Comms Platform team to manage critical services for customer communication. You'll work with Java, Spring, and AWS to ensure high availability and seamless operations. This role requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
Job Description
Who you are
You have 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems at scale — you've owned services from design through deployment and have navigated complex distributed systems issues. Your deep expertise in Java and Spring allows you to ship high-throughput APIs that handle millions of requests, and you have strong opinions on service architecture, dependency injection, and testing strategies. You understand the importance of proactive maintenance and swift response times, ensuring that customer communications are always timely and of high quality. You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with product management, design, and analytics to articulate technical constraints and make informed decisions. You are detail-oriented and committed to delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems. You believe in supporting your peers and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Desirable
Experience with platform modernization and internationalization efforts is a plus, as these initiatives are vital for the organization's growth and competitiveness in the market. Familiarity with cloud services like AWS will enhance your ability to contribute to high availability and scalability of the services you manage.
What you'll do
In this role, you will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. You will collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during the product development lifecycle, participating in ideation and articulating technical constraints. Your contributions will directly impact the success and sustainability of Affirm's communication services, which are essential for customer engagement. You will also be involved in re-architecture and platform modernization initiatives, ensuring that the services you manage are efficient and effective. Your proactive approach will help mitigate risks and enhance the quality of customer communications, ultimately supporting Affirm's mission to make credit more honest and friendly.
What we offer
Affirm offers a flexible remote work environment, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life. You will be part of a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation, with opportunities for professional growth and development. The company is committed to creating a supportive culture where your contributions are recognized and valued. You will have the chance to work on high-impact projects that directly affect the customer experience, making your role both challenging and rewarding. Affirm also provides competitive compensation and benefits, ensuring that you are well-supported in your career journey.
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