Senior Staff Software Engineer

October 31

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Affirm

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eCommerce • Payments • Installment Loans • Millennials • Financial Services

1001 - 5000

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

Description

• Lead Multi-Year Strategy: Define and execute the technical strategy for Test Platform Engineering, ensuring it aligns with broader organizational goals and business impact. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead complex, cross-team initiatives, making critical technical decisions while fostering collaboration across engineering, product, and design teams. • Influence Roadmaps: Work closely with stakeholders to align roadmaps across multiple domains, ensuring that test infrastructure supports product scalability and reliability. • Mentorship and Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide engineers to elevate technical standards and quality, particularly in designing robust testing frameworks. • Build World-Class Systems: Architect scalable test systems that enable rapid growth, ensuring Affirm’s infrastructure can scale 10x while maintaining the highest standards of quality and automation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience, with proven success leading large-scale, multi-team initiatives across products and teams with presence in multiple regions. • Technical Vision and Leadership: Ability to define technical roadmaps and strategies that impact multiple teams and drive business results. • Experience Contributing to Platform and Infrastructure Programs: Expertise in designing, building, and scaling automation related frameworks and infrastructure. Experience in test related infrastructure, frameworks, and tooling is a major plus. • Strong Communication Skills: Proven ability to collaborate and influence both technical and non-technical teams, with a focus on asynchronous communication such as technical specs, RFCs, and project plans. • Hands-On Experience in Key Technologies: Deep expertise in Python, Kotlin, or React, with a focus on testing best practices. Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a plus.

Benefits

• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle • Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge • Learning & Development programs • Parental leave • Employee Resource & Community Groups • This role is eligible for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy