Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own and deliver the team's quarterly goals and lead engineers through ambiguity on open-ended problems
• ▹Collaborate with product management, design and analytics: articulate technical constraints and make decisions that weigh risks and trade-offs
• ▹Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues and lead in solving them
• ▹Support the operations and availability of the team's systems by creating and monitoring metrics and supporting on-call efforts
• ▹Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards and advocating for them through writing and tech talks
• ▹Develop talent on the team through feedback, guidance and leading by example

Requirements

• ▹4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
• ▹Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• ▹Experience defining a technical plan for a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design
• ▹Ability to write high-quality code that is easily understood by others
• ▹Proficiency in safely making significant changes in a large code base
• ▹Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Base pay range per year for Poland: 308,000 zł - 428,000 zł
• ▹Contract of Employment
• ▹Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
• ▹Away Days, wellness days off
• ▹Learning and development programs
• ▹Parental benefits
• ▹Employee resource and community groups
• ▹100% subsidized medical, dental and vision coverage
• ▹Equity rewards eligibility
• ▹Remote work within Poland

About the company

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, letting consumers buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest. The six-engineer Identity team is based across Spain and Poland.