Senior Software Engineer (Search 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 Search Platform team builds and maintains the backend of the consumer facing Affirm marketplace search. The goal of the team is to allow for reliable and scalable access to high quality search results for users looking for specific merchants, categories or brands. You will work within cross-functional product and engineering teams to support the growth of the company by launching new features while continually improving the code base.

We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer to join us and help fulfill our vision. The work will be challenging due to the speed at which the market is growing, and the work involved will directly impact the growth trajectory of the merchant network.

We are only just getting started! Come join us as we build a beloved, lasting financial services brand predicated on honesty and trust. It’s going to be an amazing ride!

What You'll Do

• Work with product managers and tech leads to develop features to support product and platform initiatives.

• Consistently generate simple and sophisticated designs, and write high-quality code that can be easily understood and used by others.

• Build relationships with people across engineering and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects.

• Improve the current platform's extensibility, performance and usability to support rapid global deployment, scaling and expansion. 

• Actively participate in making your team and workplace an inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds.

• Collaborate with team members on an on-call rotation basis, as it is required, to ensure seamless support and maintenance of the platform, contributing to its reliability and continuous improvement.

• On-Call Rotation - There would be an on-call rotation for this role as a requirement.

What We Look For:

• Over 5 years of proven experience as a software engineer

• Proficiency in Python or Kotlin/Java is a must. Proficiency in object-oriented, dynamically and strongly typed languages.

• Ability to synthesize complex business, product, and technical requirements to consistently produce high quality system designs and software

• Ability to collaborate with your team in a fast-paced environment

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