Senior Software Engineer (Capacity Engineering)

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, 4+ years

📍 Location: USA

💸 Salary: 169000.0 - 240000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Financial Technology

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 4+ years

🪄 Skills: AWSPythonKotlinKubernetesMySQL

4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
Experience with languages such as Python or Kotlin.
Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
Experience with load testing frameworks like Locust.
Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components.
Proficiency in making changes in large code bases safely.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team.
Lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems.
Collaborate with product management, design & analytics in the product development lifecycle.
Proactively identify and advocate for project, process, technology or business issues.
Support operations and availability by creating and monitoring metrics.
Foster a culture of quality by improving code review and design standards.
Develop talent on your team through feedback and guidance.

Posted about 20 hours ago

📍 US

🧭 Full-Time

💸 169000.0 - 240000.0 USD per year

🔍 Financial Technology (FinTech)

🏢 Company: Affirm👥 1001-5000💰 Post-IPO Equity about 4 years ago🫂 Last layoff almost 2 years agoLending Financial Services Payments FinTech

🔧 Requirements

4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
Experience with load testing frameworks like Locust.
Experience with modeling and capacity planning for high traffic events.
Proficient in making significant changes in a large code base.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

💡 Responsibilities

You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team.
Lead engineers to solve open-ended problems and ensure support throughout delivery.
Collaborate with peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle.
Proactively identify and lead in solving project or business issues.
Create and monitor metrics to support operations and availability.
Foster a culture of quality and ownership through code review standards.
Help develop talent by providing feedback and guidance.

AWSPythonKotlinKubernetesMySQL

Posted about 20 hours ago