Staff Software Engineer, Mobile – App Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish a technical strategy for the team over a year-long timeline and align it with essential, business-impacting initiatives.

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

• Define and promote technical solutions and operational practices.

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

• Establish standards for code review and design, advocating for quality and ownership through documentation and technical presentations.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in developing and architecting mobile applications.

• More than 4 years of experience utilizing React Native.

• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience with React Native and Expo.

• Experience in authoring or migrating native modules and components.

• Familiarity with complex state management in React applications; proficiency in Redux Toolkit is advantageous.

• Experience executing major updates on React Native SDK and debugging across the JS↔native boundary with the New Architecture.

• Current knowledge of native OS releases and their implications for React Native applications.

• Experience with mobile testing and observability tools, such as Maestro/Appium, Sentry/Crashlytics, and Statsig/LaunchDarkly.

• Proficient with AI-assisted development tools, like Claude Code or similar agentic resources.

• A proven history of leading a team to successfully execute large-scale projects.

• Experience delivering significant features or system components, or phasing out existing functionality, through comprehensive technical and execution strategies.

• Ability to write clean, high-quality, and reusable code.

• Competence in navigating from low-level language idioms to large-system architecture.

• Demonstrated capability to gather and iterate based on feedback.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage with all premiums covered for you and your dependents.

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

• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.

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

• Potential inclusion of equity rewards in total compensation.

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

• Dental and vision coverage extended to you and your dependents.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the hiring process.