Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)
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AffirmConsumer fintech
Remote USFull-TimeSenior
Salary173,000 - 233,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonKotlinKubernetesMySQLDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Have 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Have experience using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems.
- Have experience with technologies such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Be able to define a technical plan for delivering a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple, and extensible design.
- Write high-quality code that is easy for others to understand and use.
- Be proficient at making significant changes in a large codebase and have developed tools and practices that enable safe changes.
- Take ownership of professional growth and proactively seek feedback from teammates, managers, and stakeholders.
- Have equivalent practical experience or a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team.
- Lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems and support them throughout delivery.
- Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during ideation; articulate technical constraints and help weigh risks and trade-offs.
- Identify project, process, technology, and business issues, advocate for them, and lead their resolution.
- Create and monitor metrics, escalate operational issues, and support availability, on-call work, and keep-the-lights-on efforts.
- Set or improve code review and design standards, and advocate for them through writing and tech talks.
- Provide feedback and guidance to develop teammates and lead by example.
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