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 dynamic Senior Software Engineer to join our Consumer Pricing team. We are responsible for developing and maintaining the critical services and platforms absolutely essential to Affirm's business success. Ensuring high availability is paramount, and we adhere to best practices to achieve this. Our impactful projects include redesigning pricing data models for enhanced scalability and creating new platforms for experimenting with various pricing configurations, helping us find the most optimal solutions for our clients and customers. This role is critical to Affirm’s business, enabling a robust, scalable and timely price management for Affirm products across the locales we operate in.
What You'll Do
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Build, optimize, and scale Pricing tools and user interfaces to provide the best payment options for Affirm customers.
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Build and maintain services that store the pricing data.
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Plan, design, communicate and implement reliable, scalable and extensible software systems.
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Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams to define and deliver on our product and technical roadmaps.
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Evangelize software development best practices.
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Lead others with examples to establish a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, high degree of craftsmanship and personal growth.
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Facilitate technical discussions and plans to improve our software quality.
What We Look For
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Fluent in frontend and full stack development.
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Proficiency in Javascript, React, CSS, Python or similar programming languages and Mysql.
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Prior experience in architecting, building, launching and maintaining complex software systems.
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Strong cross-team communication and collaboration.
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Prior startup experience or financial systems (Bank, Treasury, Payments, Trading, Portfolio Management) experience is a plus
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Base Pay Grade - N
Equity Grade - 8
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 equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $169,000 - $219,000
#LI-Remote
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
We 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.
[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read the Affirm Employment Privacy Policy for applicants within the United States, the EU Employee Notice Regarding Use of Personal Data (Poland) for applicants applying from Poland, the EU Employee Notice Regarding Use of Personal Data (Spain) for applicants applying from Spain, or the Affirm U.K. Limited Employee Notice Regarding Use of Personal Data for applicants applying from the United Kingdom, and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Since our founding over a decade ago, our mission has been to deliver honest financial products that improve lives. That mission hasn’t changed—and it never will. At Affirm, we believe money shouldn’t dictate your direction in life. That it should open up options instead of limiting them, and help you get where you’re going without getting in your way. That’s why we offer people the financial flexibility to choose what works for them—in finances and in life.
Why Work With Us
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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Affirm is a remote-first company! Our employees can work anywhere in the U.S. but if an office is more your style, we have office locations in San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, and Pittsburgh.
