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Software Engineer II, Backend (Streaming)

Affirm · Remote US · Remote

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About Affirm

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About the role

The Streaming team at Affirm is responsible for all things data and drives the strategy for event driven architecture, stream processing, data exploration, discovery and validation. We leverage existing open source technologies like Kafka, Flink, Schema registry and also build our own as needed. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work
  • 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
  • You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process
  • You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or Kotlin
  • You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, Kafka, Flink and Kubernetes
More about this role

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.

The Streaming team at Affirm is responsible for all things data and drives the strategy for event driven architecture, stream processing, data exploration, discovery and validation. We leverage existing open source technologies like Kafka, Flink, Schema registry and also build our own as needed. As a member of our team you would spend time identifying and executing on new use cases of data infrastructure, designing and scaling our existing infrastructure and working closely with other teams to promote the optimal use of data at the company.

What You'll Do

  • With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
  • 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...

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