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.
Financial Systems owns the data and reporting foundation for Accounting, and the operational reliability of the pipelines that power reporting, reconciliations, and automation. We are building a single source of truth for financial information using dbt and Snowflake to enable scalable BI and process automation across the org.
We are hiring an Analytics Engineer focused on maintaining and optimizing our finance data platform, improving reliability, efficiency, and performance of our pipelines and core datasets. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operational ownership, building strong foundations, and making data systems easier and safer to run at scale.
What You’ll Do- Build and maintain dbt models and core datasets that support Accounting reporting and downstream automation use cases.
- Improve platform reliability through strong testing patterns, alerting, and runbooks.
- Own and document data pipelines and lineage, ensuring changes are understandable and auditable.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve production data issues, and drive root-cause fixes.
- Optimize performance and cost in Snowflake and dbt to support scaling needs.
- Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to translate requirements into durable, well-tested data assets.
- Contribute to the team’s best practices in version control, code review, documentation, and release hygiene (GitHub-based workflows).
- 3+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or similar roles working with production data systems.
- Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience building in dbt (modeling, testing, documentation).
- Experience operating in a modern development workflow:
- Git and pull-request based collaboration (GitHub preferred).
- Familiarity with standard IDEs and collaborative debugging practices.
- Experience working with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred).
- A strong sense of ownership and comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Finance/accounting data familiarity (e.g., close concepts, reconciliations, ledger-style modeling).
- Experience with integration/automation platforms (Workato, Fivetran, or similar).
- Experience supporting reporting layers and BI tooling.
- Working knowledge of Python for data manipulation and automation.
- Familiarity with CI pipelines and quality gates for code quality, testing, and build validation.
- Interest in applying AI-assisted development responsibly within engineering guardrails.
Base Pay Grade - K
Equity Grade - Poland 2
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).
POL base pay range per year: 226,000 zł - 346,000 zł
Additional benefits include:
- Type of employment: Contract of Employment
- 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
This role is eligible for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy
Location - Remote Poland
The majority of our roles can be located anywhere in Poland.
**This job description is not a contractual document, and is not intended to have binding force.**
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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
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or similar roles working with production data systems.
- Strong SQL skills.
- Hands-on experience building in dbt (modeling, testing, documentation).
- Experience operating in a modern development workflow: Git and pull-request based collaboration.
- Experience working with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred).
- Strong sense of ownership and comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- GitHub-based workflows and GitHub experience.
- Finance/accounting data familiarity (close concepts, reconciliations, ledger-style modeling).
- Experience with integration/automation platforms (Workato, Fivetran, or similar).
- Experience supporting reporting layers and BI tooling.
- Working knowledge of Python for data manipulation and automation.
- Familiarity with CI pipelines and quality gates for code quality, testing, and build validation.
- Interest in applying AI-assisted development responsibly within engineering guardrails.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare coverage includes $0 employee medical premiums with robust dental, vision, and mental‑health programs that minimize out‑of‑pocket costs. Careers materials also describe expanded comprehensive benefits that reinforce affordability.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave provides 18 weeks for both birth and non‑birth parents plus a four‑week return‑to‑work transition at full base pay. Family‑building support is further enabled through dedicated spending wallets and related programs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is structured through generous/flexible PTO and company‑wide Away Days published annually, with added Health Days and Life Happens time for unexpected needs. These collective recharge days complement day‑to‑day flexibility.
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At Affirm, we help people say yes to the things that matter with flexible, transparent ways to pay over time. No hidden fees, no compound interest, and no fine print—just a smarter way to spend.
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Who is an Affirmer? /noun/ Someone who believes finance shouldn’t be complicated. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and we’re driven by the desire to improve lives through honest financial products. We define success by challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project—and we have fun while doing it.
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