Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Debit+)

We've opened an office in Poland with a goal to hire a substantial team of talented engineers within the first year. Read more about our plans here.


Debit+ is Affirm’s newest financial offering; it marries the ubiquity of a debit card with access to Affirm's buy now pay later financing options. Our customers love that they can use the same instrument for their everyday purchases as well as for considered purchases that they’d like to pay for over time. Our work is focused on expanding the reach of our product to new customers and to improve their financial lives.


The Debit+ Engineering team is looking for a passionate Staff Software Engineer to help build our product, financial, and operational systems. We are a full-stack & collaborative team, focused on delivering the right outcomes to our customers, so our work spans from launching new product features to improving the robustness of our financial platform.  We operate with a high level of technical capability, strong cross functional communication, and a creative mindset.


Affirm is experiencing explosive growth with millions of customers across thousands of merchants in-store and online, and your contributions will be a key enabler of that growth. Come join us as we build a beloved, lasting financial services brand predicated on honesty and trust. It’s going to be an amazing ride!


What You'll Do

 
Design, plan and implement new financial product deliverables


 
Work cross functionally with colleagues in product, design, analytics, finance, legal, machine learning, and engineering teams


 
Design & build APIs, services, and data models to work with frontends, third-party platforms, and internal systems


 
Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing.


 
Develop a deep understanding of the payments & lending product spaces


 
Establish effective monitoring, alerting, and on-call rotations to serve this mission critical area


 
Build relationships and engage with management across the USA and Europe



What We Look For

 
7+ years of experience as a software engineer 


 
A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability


 
Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining consumer scale products.


 
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.  Must be proficient in asynchronous mode of communication–written tech specs, wiki, project plans, etc.


 
Excellent project management skills–high degree of organization and ability to surface critical information effectively.


 
Work with our Product team to extend our product offerings while maintaining system reliability


 
Passion for working with multi-functional teams including Product, Design, Analytics and Business teams.


 
Python/Kotlin development experience is a plus.


 
Experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers is a plus





Compensation & Benefits
We offer a competitive package, with some highlights listed below.  However, the given figures are not guaranteed compensation ranges; rather, they are unbinding, approximate indications of what the salary may be for your awareness. The actual salary may be less than the lower range or greater than the upper range, depending on skills and experience. No employee is guaranteed salary at the amount of the lower range.



 

 
Targeted Gross Monthly Salary: 25,792 - 32,233 PLN


 
Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle


 
Generous time off policies 


 
Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge


 
Learning & Development programs


 
Parental leave


 
Robust health benefits


 
Employee Resource & Community Groups


 

  

  
Location - Remote Poland
  
The majority of our roles can be located anywhere in Poland.