Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Capacity Modeling)

AffirmCleveland, OHRemotefull_timestaff

$200,000 – $275,000 USD

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

  • Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale, tying it to critical, business-impacting projects.
  • Collaborate across teams (product management, design, analytics) to ensure technical sustainability, risks, and trade-offs are understood and managed.
  • Act as a force-multiplier for the team by defining and advocating technical solutions and operational processes.
  • Take ownership of team operations and availability, ensuring proper monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting for on-call efforts.
  • Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards for the team and advocating for them through writing and tech talks.

Soft Skills

Code Review CultureTechnical Decision-MakingCross-Functional CollaborationWritten Communication

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Employee Stock Purchase
  • Equity
  • Flexible PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Mental Health
  • Remote Work
  • Vision

Culture

Remote WorkCustomer-ObsessedWork-Life BalanceTransparent LeadershipInclusive Hiring

Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Regions: Us

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