Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Deal reporting)

The Deal Reporting team is responsible for building our critical capital partner integrations, as well as services to automate funding processes safely and reliably. We partner with Product and Capitals Markets teams to understand and implement complex financial structures, integrations and reporting. We are looking for a highly motivated Staff Software Engineer to help empower Deal Reporting's first international team, and build integrations, services, and testing infrastructure to power the funding of every Affirm loan.

What You'll Do:
· You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.
· You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed.
· You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes.
· You take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring you have the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, polcities, testing and alerting in place to support “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
· You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks.
· You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

What We Look For:
· You have 7+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
· You have an extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
· Knowledge of Spark and it’s inner workings is a must.
· Knowledge on task orchestration systems like Airflow or Temporal is a good to have.
· You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
· You thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work.
· Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrates that you have mastered gathering and iterating on feedback from your engineering and cross-functional peers.
· You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

Total rewards

We believe the people building honest financial products at Affirm should share in its success. That's why our total rewards are designed to support your health, growth, financial well-being, and future.

In service of our mission, we reward employees through a combination of base pay, equity (from parent company), and comprehensive benefits.

Base Pay Grade - P

365,000 zł  -  485,000 zł   

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).  

Base pay ranges and placement within those ranges are determined based on several factors, including role, experience, and job-related skills.

In addition to base pay, all employees in this role are eligible to receive equity from the parent company each year. This means as Affirm’s parent company grows, employees have the opportunity to share in that growth financially.

Equity Grade - 4 (awarded in US Dollars)

Affirm Holdings, Inc. Equity Grade example

Equity grade: 5New hire equity: $48,000-$72,000Annual Refresh: $15,000Reward equity: $0-$225,000

Affirm also provides flexible spending wallets to all employees for technology and wellbeing related needs, which are reimbursable up to 1390 zł per month.

In addition to your compensation, our comprehensive benefits are designed to support you and the people who matter most. Benefits include:

• Competitive paid time off, paid public holidays, and additional paid Away Days to rest and recharge.
• Comprehensive private healthcare through Lux Med's Platinum package.
• A MultiSport card to support your health and well-being.
• Learning and development programs to help you grow professionally.
• Family healthcare support through Maven and parental leave support through Parentaly.
• Mental well-being support through Lyra, including up to 12 confidential counseling or coaching sessions each year for you and your household members.
• Financial well-being support through Northstar, with unlimited access to Certified.
• Financial Advisors and planning tools at no cost to you.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that foster connection and inclusion.
• Eligibility for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law, role, 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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