Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Reliability Platform)

3 weeks, 5 days ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Affirm

Affirm

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Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Own and deliver quarterly team goals and drive work through ambiguity.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
  • Proactively identify project, process, technology, or business issues and help solve them.
  • Support operations and availability by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating issues, and participating in on-call and keep-the-lights-on work.
  • Set and improve code review and design standards and advocate for them through writing and tech talks.
  • Help develop teammates by providing feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
  • Design, build, and launch backend systems and platform components at scale.
  • Define technical plans for significant features or system components with simple, extensible designs.
  • Ship and refine web applications using declarative UI frameworks.
  • Use AI/LLMs to improve automation and guidance with guardrails and citations.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as a software engineer.
  • Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
  • Experience with technologies such as Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience shipping web apps using React or Vue.
  • Practical use of LLMs or AI frameworks to enhance automation and guidance with guardrails and citations.
  • Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components.
  • Experience making significant changes in a large codebase and building tools/practices to do so safely.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
  • Must reside in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

Benefits

  • Base pay range of $153,000 - $213,000 CAD per year.
  • Potential equity rewards and equity grade 6.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Flexible spending wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discount.

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