Affirm · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Streaming)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$225K/yr - $275K/yr
8+ years expAffirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Streaming team at Affirm drives the strategy for event driven architecture and real-time data processing pipelines, focusing on building scalable and fault-tolerant data infrastructure.
Financial ServicesFinTechLendingPayments
Responsibilities
Design and build data infrastructure systems, services and tools to handle new Affirm products and business requirements that securely scale over millions of users and their transactions
Build and optimize high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines for critical business applications
Build frameworks and services which will be used by other engineering teams at Affirm to manage billions of dollars in loans and power customer experiences
Help support the Streaming team that forms the backbone for several online and offline workloads at affirm
Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Data Platform at scale and high availability
Collaborate with other teams at Affirm, including ML and Analytics, to deliver streaming solutions based on various use-cases and best practices
Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production streaming systems, ensuring high availability and reliability of data systems
Qualification
Required
8+ years of industry experience in building large scale production systems
Strong hands on experience with Apache Kafka or similar streaming solutions for large-scale event streaming and message queueing
Experience building and operating robust and highly available infrastructure
Expertise with at least one stream processing frameworks like Spark, Samza, Flink, Beam etc
Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, and Kafka Schema Registry components, understanding its underlying functionality and implementation
Solid programming skills in Python, Java or Kotlin
Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers
Exceptionally collaborative with a history of delivering complex technical projects and working closely with stakeholders
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field
Preferred
Experience working with data platforms like Snowflake, Glue or Databricks is a plus
Experience with Confluent Platform (Schema Registry, Tableflow) is a strong plus
Experience with Apache Iceberg table format, CDC (Change Data Capture) tools is a strong plus
Knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases is a plus
Benefits
Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
Company
Affirm
Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.57BKey Investors
New York Life InsuranceSixth StreetPGIM Fixed Income
2025-10-31Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2024-12-17Post Ipo Debt· $800M
2024-12-13Post Ipo Debt· $4B
Leadership Team
Max Levchin
Founder & CEO
Robert O'Hare
Chief Financial Officer
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