

Software Engineer II
Job Description
Affirm’s mission is to build honest financial products to improve user’s lives. We are seeking a Software Engineer to build parts of Affirm's backend disclosure and localization systems which enable Affirm's products to be offered across multiple geographies and locales. You will investigate, spec, design, and implement systems to generate, send, and archive legal disclosures to Affirm customers for our expanding financial products and services. You will look for opportunities to create internal tooling and automate processes to increase efficiencies in launching new products across multiple locales. Your technical leadership will have a high impact on the future growth of Affirm, as we aim to provide honest financial products throughout the world!
Responsibilities
Work with technical leaders in the team to design and implement insightful forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems
Collaborate with engineers within the Disclosures team and across other product engineering teams to create a platform that can be integrated with many teams
Take ownership over parts of the Disclosures system
Write high-quality code that can be easily understood and leveraged by others
Review others’ work and provide constructive feedback in order to maintain high and consistent quality standards across teams
Conduct technical evaluations to inform and influence the hiring decisions
Job Requirements
2+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
Eager to learn new things and have a growth mindset
Fluency in backend development
Familiarity with Python, AWS, and Kubernetes is a plus
Prior experience designing, building, launching, and maintaining consumer scale products
Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
Experienced at synthesizing complex business, product, and technical requirements to consistently produce high quality system designs and software
Humble and authentic leadership which places the needs of others first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible
Experience scaling systems in a service oriented architecture
Humility and self-awareness to understand and navigate the unknown