The opportunity
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
What you'll do
Design & expand the backbone of our platform to scale to hundreds of: thousands of merchants from all around the world
Design and align the scope of work with other teams to deliver cross-team projects
Mentor other engineers to ensure their development & growth
Partner with Engineering Manager and Team Lead to drive and execute the long-term vision of the team
Execute technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful: and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems
Utilize agentic development tools like Claude Code to automate parts of the development process
What they're looking for
- Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes throughout the organization
- + years of experience as a backend software engineer
- A strong understanding of Domain-Driven Design, distributed systems, and how: architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability
- Proficiency with data models, API design (http and RPC), state machines,: event-driven architecture, and database design
