Senior Software Engineer, Backend (ML Feature Platform)

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.</p></div><h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>About the Engineering team </strong></span></h3>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">The Engineering team builds systems that power Affirm’s mission. We take pride in our craft, building reliable, performant, and scalable solutions that touch every part of the business. Whether we’re enabling new ways to pay, ensuring our platforms can scale to the most demanding levels in the industry, or developing seamless servicing experiences, our focus is on solving complex problems through exceptional engineering.</span></p>

<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>About the team</strong></span></h3>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">ML Feature Platform is one of the two teams that compose the ML Platform at Affirm, the other team being ML Training & Serving Platform. The two platform teams work closely together to create the ML + Data flywheel that empowers Affirm. </span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">ML Feature Platform’s mission is to: Grow Affirm’s business by building a delightful, self-serve platform for developing and serving data for machine learning and decisioning.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">As the feature platform team, we own multiple artifacts that in aggregate own the end-to-end flows for features. This includes: </span></p>

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<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Feature creation, exploration, and serving</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Data storage, availability, and visibility</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Offline backfilling infrastructure and platform improvements</span></li>

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<p><span style="color: #000000;">This scope means your work will have a direct impact on the everyday lives and capabilities for our end users: MLEs, Analysts, and decisioning teams. Additionally as the primary data source for ML and online decisioning, our platform’s performance is critical to Affirm’s availability and latency goals.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about ML enablement and believe that platform level improvements can bring snowball effects across the company.</span></p>

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<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>What you’ll do</strong></span></h3>

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<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will 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.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will 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.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.</span></li>

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<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>What we look for</strong></span></h3>

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<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">· Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.</span></li>

<li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.</span></li>

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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Base Pay Grade - N</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">Equity Grade - 9</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $195,000 - $225,000</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #000000;">USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $173,000 - $233,000</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #060809;">#LI-Remote</span></p>

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<p><strong>Remote-first with flexibility built in</strong><strong><br></strong>Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.</p>

<p><strong>Benefits designed for you</strong><strong><br></strong>Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:</p>

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<li>Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.</li>

<li>Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.</li>

<li>Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.</li>

<li>Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.</li>

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<p>We’re committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we’re happy to help.</p>

<p>For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.</p>

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