Affirm
Fintech
SoftwareEngineerII,Backend(AIAgents)
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“Software Engineer II, Backend (AI Agents) at Affirm. Skills: Backend Engineering, AI Agents, API Development. Break down larger projects into individual tasks. Deliver projects in multiple phases”
What You'll Achieve.
Continuously find solutions for our customers; Take ownership and execute for whatever is necessary
Industry & Context.
Mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution; Articulating technical constraints; Partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
On-call efforts
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer, experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue, experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin, 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, comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews, take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders, verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
What You'll Do.
Break down larger projects into individual tasks
Deliver projects in multiple phases
Collaborate to ensure timely delivery
Support operations and availability of team's artifacts
Create and monitor metrics
Support 'keep the lights on' efforts
Engage in growth and development activities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery; Support peers and stakeholders in product development lifecycle; Collaborate with product management, design & analytics; Partner on decisions; Engage in growth and development activities; Support effective collaboration with global engineering team
Communication Scope
Verbal communication skills; Written communication skills
Process & Methodology
Break down larger projects into individual tasks, Deliver projects in multiple phases
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. We're looking for a Software Engineer II to join the AI Agents engineering team within the Servicing Engineering organization. Our team works closely with an omnichannel AI agent vendor to provide a conversational first point of contact for our customers. We focus on orchestrating the systems within Affirm to continuously find solutions for our customers. The team is taking on big unknowns, so we're looking for someone who wants to take ownership and execute for whatever is necessary. What You'll Do · 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. · You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process. What We Look For · You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer. · You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue. · You have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. · 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 understo
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