Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Batch Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +6 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and achieve quarterly objectives for the team.

• Guide engineers through complex, open-ended challenges and provide support throughout the delivery process.

• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during the entire product development lifecycle.

• Engage in ideation, clarify technical limitations, and collaborate on risk management and trade-off decisions.

• Identify and lead the resolution of challenges related to projects, processes, technology, and business operations.

• Enhance operations and ensure artifact availability by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating issues, and participating in on-call duties.

• Establish and refine standards for code reviews and design.

• Promote engineering standards through documentation and technical presentations.

• Foster team development through constructive feedback, guidance, and exemplary leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems.

• Proficiency in Python or Kotlin.

• Proven experience in developing highly available distributed systems.

• Familiarity with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

• Experience in building and managing workflow orchestration frameworks such as Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, or Luigi.

• Knowledge or experience in scaling Spark or Flink for extremely large datasets on Kubernetes.

• Capability to define technical strategies for significant features or system components with elegant, simple, and extensible designs.

• Ability to produce high-quality, comprehensible code.

• Proficient in making substantial modifications to a large codebase safely.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity rewards may be included in the overall compensation package.

• Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and technology expenses.

• 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and their dependents.

• Dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents.

• Flexible Spending Wallets with stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family planning expenses.

• Competitive vacation and holiday offerings.

• Employee stock purchase plan allowing employees to buy Affirm shares at a discount.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the hiring process.