Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack – Account Management

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

📋 Description

• Establish the technical strategy for the team with a long-term perspective spanning a year.

• Align team strategy with significant projects that impact the business.

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

• Ensure that technical sustainability, risks, and trade-offs are recognized and managed effectively.

• Define and promote technical solutions along with operational processes.

• Manage team operations and availability, which includes monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, alerting, and on-call responsibilities.

• Set standards for code review and design practices.

• Promote engineering standards through written communication and technical presentations.

• Foster team talent by providing feedback, guidance, and leading by example.

• Create secure and intuitive account-management experiences that assist Affirm customers in protecting, managing, and recovering account access.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience as a software engineer.

• Expertise in designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems utilizing technologies such as Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in developing web applications using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.

• Experienced in delivering significant features, system components, or phasing out existing functionality through a technical execution plan.

• Capable of writing high-quality, easily comprehensible code.

• Ability to navigate from low-level language idioms to large-system architecture.

• Proven growth and impact by gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must be a resident of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

🏝️ Benefits

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

• Complete medical coverage for employees and their dependents at no cost.

• Dental and vision insurance for employees and their dependents.

• Flexible time off policy.

• Generous holiday calendar.

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) offering discounted Affirm stock.

• Remote-first work environment with flexibility.

• Inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities.

• In-person onboarding experience for all new hires.