Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Growth Platform)
$200,000 – $270,000 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Set technical strategy for backend platforms powering incentives and growth initiatives on a year-long time scale.
- Collaborate with product management, analytics, and partner teams to shape technical direction for incentive systems.
- Define platform abstractions, APIs, and architectural patterns to enable product teams to safely launch and experiment with incentive-based experiences.
- Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, playbooks, and on-call practices for business-critical incentive and growth systems.
- Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting clear design and code review standards and advocating for them beyond your immediate team.
Soft Skills
Technical Decision-MakingCross-Functional CollaborationWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication
Benefits
- Dental
- Employee Stock Purchase
- Equity
- Flexible PTO
- Health Insurance
- Remote Work
- Vision
Culture
Cross-Functional TeamsDocumentation-DrivenMentorship ProgramInclusive Hiring
Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Regions: Us
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About Affirm
Industry: fintech
Size: large
Affirm is a financial technology company reinventing credit to give consumers flexible buy now, pay later options without hidden fees.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $200,000 – $270,000 USD
Equity: Equity Grade - 13, Employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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