Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Capacity Modeling

📋 Description

• Accountable for establishing the technical strategy for the team over a one-year timeframe.

• Collaborate with various teams throughout the product development lifecycle to ensure technical sustainability.

• Serve as a force-multiplier for the team by defining and advocating for technical solutions.

• Assume responsibility for team operations and availability through effective monitoring and triage.

• Cultivate a quality-focused culture within the team by implementing code review and design standards.

• Contribute to talent development by providing feedback and guidance, while leading by example.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems using languages such as Python or Kotlin.

• Proven history of developing highly available distributed systems utilizing technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.

• Experience in managing the scaling of large sales events, such as Prime Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or similar sales holidays.

• Expertise in tuning autoscaling, CPU/Memory, and multi-threading for compute-intensive workloads.

• Experience in delivering significant features, system components, or phasing out existing functionalities through the development of a technical and execution plan.

• Robust understanding of low-level language idioms applied to large systems architecture.

• A trajectory of growth and impact that showcases proficiency in gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills that foster effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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.