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. Affirm, Inc. proudly includes Affirm, PayBright, and Returnly.
The Loan Origination and Reporting team (LOR) is responsible for the creation of all loans with Affirm. We make reliable, scalable systems that can handle loan requests from our continually growing customer base. Our team's main users include the bank partners who originate our loans, and other engineering teams that use our services. In the future, we will be extending our reach to countries outside the U.S., signing on new customers, new merchants, and new bank partners along the way.
What you'll do

• Design, code, and maintain services that enable the origination of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of loans and can scale to meet our growing demand
• Mentor junior teammates, review their code, and help them learn the skills and methodologies needed to become outstanding engineers
• Work with technical and non-technical business partners to discuss project plans and status
• Continually look for ways to improve both LOR systems and Affirm Engineering as a whole

What we look for

• 6+ years of development experience
• Passion for technology and solving problems with software
• Proficiency and experience in back-end development and distributed systems (our tech stack includes Python, Spark, Kubernetes, MySQL, and AWS)
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
• Prior experience with SOA and event-driven systems a plus

Location - Remote US
Grade - USA30
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company ! The majority of our roles are remote and can be located anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of the U.S. Territories, Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories) unless the job indicates a different global location. We are currently building operations in Spain, Poland, and Australia. Employees in remote roles have the option of working remotely or from an Affirm office in their country of hire, and may occasionally travel to an Affirm office or elsewhere for required meetings or team-building events. Our offices in Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Toronto will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis, subject to local COVID-19 guidelines.
All full-time jobs at Affirm (excluding interns and apprentices) are tied to a transparent grade-based pay range taking location into account.
[Colorado Candidates] In accordance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act , the grade for this position in Colorado is listed above. You can find the Colorado base pay range and benefits here .
If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in Affirm's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways-not just candidates who check all the boxes.
Inclusivity:
At Affirm, People Come First is one of our core values, and that's why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our D&I program here and our progress thus far in our 2021 DEI Report .
We also believe It's On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.
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