Affirm

Software Engineer II, Backend (Capital Orchestration)

Affirm$125K — $175K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Fluency in full stack web development, covering back end, event, and batch processing.
  • Experience designing and maintaining large-scale products.
  • Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
  • Proficiency in coding with attention to clarity and extensibility.
  • Familiarity with Python, JavaScript/React, Airflow, Spark, and SQL is advantageous.
  • Demonstrated ownership of personal growth through feedback and learning.

Responsibilities

  • Build a platform to reconcile transactions across various systems.
  • Develop data pipelines from multiple products and systems.
  • Create intuitive user experiences that improve workflows.
  • Gain a deep understanding of the capital systems supporting Affirm.
  • Collaborate with team engineers to enhance design and code quality.
  • Work with product managers to design user-friendly systems.
  • Break down large projects into tasks for phased delivery and collaboration.

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and their dependents.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, and lifestyle.
  • 'Away Days' for wellness and recharging.
  • Learning & Development programs available.
  • Parental benefits to support family needs.
  • Employee Resource & Community Groups for support and networking.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a passionate engineer to join our Capital Orchestration team, which is responsible for providing liquidity to Affirm by enabling the sale and collateralization of Affirm loan assets. To achieve this, our team develops a robust and extensible platform for on-demand transactions with low operational risk that scales to billions of dollars of collateral movement each month. In simpler terms, we help ensure Affirm has enough money to originate loans, pay merchants, and continue to grow. What You'll Do
  • Build a foundational platform enabling us to reconcile each transaction across systems, partners, and cash movements.
  • Build and integrate data pipelines from a variety of products and systems.
  • Build intuitive and thoughtful user experiences to streamline the workflows of our business counterparts.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the capital systems which power and fund Affirm.
  • Partner with engineers on the team to help improve designs, code quality, and testing.
  • Collaborate with product managers and business counterparts to design best-in-class systems and processes.
  • 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
What We Look For
  • You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
  • Fluency in full stack web development, back end development, event processing, or batch processing.
  • Experience in designing, building, launching, and maintaining products at scale.
  • Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.
  • Proficiency with agentic coding.
  • Knowledge of Python, JavaScript/React, Airflow, Spark, Horizon Portal, and SQL is a plus.
  • 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.
  • Someone who is proactive, organized, curious, and a self-starter.
Pay Grade - L Equity Grade - 5 Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company). CAN base pay range per year: 125,000 - 175,000 CAD Additional benefits include: • 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 #LI-Remote Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities. We're extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage 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

About Affirm

Affirm is a publicly traded financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. Affirm was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, and Alex Rampell as part of the initial portfolio of startup studio HVF. Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became CEO of Affirm in 2014. In October 2017, the company launched a consumer app that allowed loans for purchases at any retailer. The company announced a partnership with Walmart in February 2019. Under the partnership, Affirm is available to customers in-store and on the Walmart website. Affirm has partnered with e-commerce platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Zen-Cart. On November 18, 2020, Affirm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering. On December 12, 2020, it was reported that Affirm had postponed its IPO. On January 13, 2021, Affirm became listed on NASDAQ with symbol AFRM, raising about $1.2 billion in its IPO. By the next day, the price of shares had doubled, making Levchin's stake worth about $2.5 billion. In May 2021, Affirm acquired Returnly, a financial technology service company, for $300 million.
Learn more about Affirm
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$97.6 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$617.1 million
NASDAQ

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