Senior Software Engineer - Online Storage

February 27

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Affirm is a financial technology company that offers a 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service, allowing consumers to make purchases and pay for them over time with flexible payment plans. Affirm eliminates hidden fees and compound interest, providing clear terms and conditions for its users. The company also offers the Affirm Card, a debit card that allows users to request to pay over time for larger purchases or pay in full for smaller ones. Affirm partners with various retailers across multiple categories, including electronics, apparel, and travel, providing customers with the convenience of paying over time at checkout both online and in physical stores. Affirm's services are integrated with Apple Pay, enabling customers to make payments seamlessly from their iPhone or iPad.

eCommerce • Payments • Installment Loans • Millennials • Financial Services

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

📋 Description

• 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. • At Affirm, data is fundamental to everything we do. Our data and storage solutions empower machine learning, artificial intelligence, cloud-based technologies, and other modern tools to create differential and scalable products. • Affirm is growing fast and we want you to enable us to scale our products to 10x and beyond through building world-class systems which enable Affirm in its mission to provide honest financial products which improve lives. • As a member of the Online Storage team, you will combine a strong understanding of application architecture, smooth developer experiences and fast-paced execution to deliver a powerful self-serve system to help Affirm scale easily.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science with 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with leadership exposure and experience mentoring junior engineers. • In-depth, hands-on experience with large-scale database deployments in a production environment. • Expertise in distributed databases and database technologies such as MySQL InnoDB storage (Preferred), Postgres, Spanner, Vitess, TiDB, CockroachDB etc • Solid understanding of distributed database architecture, data modeling, and performance tuning. Particularly, expertise in SQL tuning and performance optimization techniques. • Expertise in Database/Table and backup-recovery management. • Expertise in SQL tuning and performance optimization techniques. • Expertise in database benchmarking, load testings, and capacity planning. • Familiarity with connection poolers and proxies such as ProxySQL, RDS Proxy, Pg Bouncer, etc. • Proficiency in Python or Kotlin or both. • Experience with AWS and Kubernetes. • Experience building software with IaC (terraform or crossplane) frameworks and tools • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Expertise to create and triage database alerts and issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective solutions. • This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount