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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Payments)

1 week, 6 days ago
United Kingdom
Full-time
Senior
Software Engineer
Software Development
AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL Python
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Affirm

Affirm

Affirm offers a transparent buy now, pay later service founded in 2012 by Max Levchin. No late fees or surprises, just a responsible way to pay over time for your favorite brands.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012
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Description

  • Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team, including guiding engineers through ambiguous, open-ended work.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, and decision-making.
  • Identify project, process, technology, and business issues and lead efforts to solve them.
  • Support system operations and availability through metrics, escalation, and on-call or “keep the lights on” work.
  • Set and improve code review and design standards and advocate for quality practices through writing and tech talks.
  • Provide feedback, guidance, and mentorship to help develop talent on the team.
  • Work with partner teams across Europe and the US to support feature development and international expansion.
  • Help move key financial metrics for the business through improvements to payment processing systems.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
  • Experience building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with elegant, simple, extensible design.
  • Ability to write high-quality code that is easy for others to understand and use.
  • Experience making significant changes in a large codebase and building tools and practices to do so safely.
  • Demonstrated ownership of personal growth and a habit of proactively seeking feedback from team members, managers, and stakeholders.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with a global engineering team.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of £117,000 - £157,000 per year.
  • Equity rewards, including Equity Grade 5.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, plus dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Remote-first work environment with UK Remote eligibility.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with shares available at a discount.

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