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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Growth Platform) Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Engineering team that builds systems that powerAffirms mission. We take pride in our craft, building reliable, performant, and scalable solutions that touch every part of the business. Whether were enabling new ways to pay, ensuring our platforms can scale to the most demanding levels in the industry, or developing seamless servicing experiences, our focus is on solving complex problems through exceptional engineering. About The Team The Growth Platform Engineering team builds the core systems and tools that drive user acquisition, engagement, and lifecycle growth atAffirm. Our platform enables personalized communications, intelligent experimentation, and scalable services that help customers discover and adoptAffirms products. We collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and Experience teams to design APIs, eventdriven services, and experimentation frameworks that reach millions of customers across thousands of merchants. This teams work directly impacts how customers experienceAffirm and fuels our longterm growth. What Youll Do You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve openended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and tradeoffs. You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. You will support the operations and availability of your teams artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting keep the lights on & oncall efforts. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks. You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example. What We Look For You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin. You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes. Strong understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and serviceoriented architecture. You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others. You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders. You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team. This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelors degree in a related field. Location - Remote Canada Pay Grade - N Equity Grade - 6 Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.) In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered byAffirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company). CAN base pay range per year: $150,000 - $200,000 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 ofAffirm at a discount. We believe Its On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process. By clicking Submit Application, you acknowledge that you have readAffirms Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein. #J-18808-Ljbffr