Affirm
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,Backend(Infrastructure)
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“Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure) at Affirm. Skills: Backend systems, Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Security workloads. Own and deliver quarterly goals. Lead engineers through ambiguity”
Industry & Context.
Problem solving
On-call efforts
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years backend systems experience, 4+ years Python or Kotlin experience, Highly available distributed systems experience, AWS experience, MySQL experience, Kubernetes experience, Kubernetes resource management expertise, Helm charts expertise, Operator patterns expertise, Security workloads expertise, Technical plan definition experience, High quality code writing, Significant changes in large codebase experience, Tools and practices development, Ownership of growth, Proactive feedback seeking, Verbal communication skills, Written communication skills, Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Own and deliver quarterly goals
Lead engineers through ambiguity
Solve open-ended problems
Support peers and stakeholders
Participate in ideation
Articulate technical constraints
Identify project issues
Identify process issues
Identify technology issues
Identify business issues
Lead in solving issues
Support operations and availability
Create and monitor metrics
Support keep the lights on efforts
Support on-call efforts
Foster culture of quality
Foster culture of ownership
Set code review standards
Improve code review standards
Improve design standards
Advocate for standards beyond team
Develop talent on team
Design backend systems
Develop backend systems
Launch backend systems
Develop distributed systems
Manage Kubernetes resources
Define technical plan
Write high quality code
Make significant changes
Develop tools and practices
Seek feedback from team
Seek feedback from manager
Seek feedback from stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with product management; Collaborate with design; Collaborate with analytics; Collaborate with global engineering team
Communication Scope
Written communication; Verbal communication; Tech talks
Full Job Description
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. The Engineering team builds systems that power Affirm’s mission. We take pride in our craft, building reliable, performant, and scalable solutions that touch every part of the business. Whether we’re enabling new ways to pay, ensuring our platforms can scale to the most demanding levels in the industry, or developing seamless servicing experiences, our focus is on solving complex problems through exceptional engineering. The Trust Infra team elevates the security posture of our infrastructure and services by embedding security in everything from provisioning to deployment, improving developer experience through automation, and building guardrails that enable safe, rapid delivery. Artifacts owned by this team include our secrets management system, authentication and authorization, cryptography, certificate workloads, and other core security components within our Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure. What You'll Do You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. 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 proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. 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. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improvi
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