Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Lakehouse Infra

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

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

• Guide engineers through uncertainty to address open-ended challenges.

• Provide support to team members throughout the delivery process.

• Work in collaboration with product management, design, and analytics during the development of products.

• Engage in brainstorming sessions and clearly communicate technical limitations.

• Collaborate on decision-making while evaluating risks and trade-offs.

• Recognize and spearhead the resolution of project, process, technology, and business challenges.

• Assist in maintaining the operations and availability of team artifacts.

• Develop and track metrics, raise alerts when necessary, and participate in on-call duties.

• Establish and enhance standards for code reviews and design.

• Champion engineering standards through documentation and technical presentations.

• Foster team development through constructive feedback, mentorship, and leading by example.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Kotlin.

• Proven experience in developing highly available distributed systems.

• Familiarity with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

• Experience in scaling technologies like Iceberg, Flink, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, and Terraform.

• Ability to define technical plans for major features or system components.

• High-quality coding capabilities with a focus on elegant, simple, and extensible design.

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

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• Possess either relevant practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.

• Candidates must reside in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity rewards may be part of the overall compensation package.

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

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

• Coverage for dental and vision for employees and their dependents.

• Flexible time-off policy.

• Generous holiday schedule.

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) allowing purchase of Affirm stock at a discounted rate.

• Flexibility for remote work.

• Comprehensive in-person onboarding experience.

• An inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities.