Software Engineer I, Backend (Continuous Delivery)

About the Role

The Continuous Delivery team's mission is to enable engineering teams to release independently through strong automation, standard patterns, predictable rollouts, resilient recovery mechanisms, and less manual toil. This role is uniquely positioned to help solve one of Affirm’s most important engineering challenges: scaling developer productivity in an era where the software development lifecycle is increasingly AI-enhanced. The team builds and improves the platforms, workflows, and guardrails that help engineers move from idea to production faster, with better safety, consistency, and developer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals with the support of your team.
• Collaborate proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work.
• Strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime.
• Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience using Python or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with the building blocks of distributed systems.
• Familiarity with technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Mastery in taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components.
• Ability to execute by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
• Comfort navigating a large code base.
• Experience debugging others' code.
• Experience providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
• Demonstrated ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Location

• Remote-first with flexibility built in.

Benefits

• Health coverage at no cost: 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents are covered.
• Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup and health and wellness options.
• Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars.
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).