Software Engineer II, Backend (Batch Developer Experience)

About the Role

The Batch Developer Experience team makes batch development and testing faster and more reliable at Affirm. As a developer on this team you will partner with product and infrastructure engineers to build the tools and systems that streamline workflows, strengthen testing, and ultimately improve the reliability of Affirm’s critical batch workloads.

What You'll Do

• With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• Support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
• Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
• Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

What We Look For

• 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems, and proficiency in one of Python or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with the building blocks of distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to turn a simple problem or business scenario into a solution interacting with multiple software components, writing clear, easily understood, well-tested, and extensible code.
• Comfort navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback through code reviews.
• A demonstrated approach to taking ownership of your growth and proactively seeking feedback.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills supporting collaboration across a global engineering team.
• Either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.