Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity)

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity) Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity) role at Jobright.ai Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity) 3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity) role at Jobright.ai Jobright is an AI-powered career platform that helps job seekers discover the top opportunities in the US. We are NOT a staffing agency. Jobright does not hire directly for these positions. We connect you with verified openings from employers you can trust. Job Summary: Affirm is a company focused on reinventing credit to provide consumers with transparent and flexible payment options. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Identity Engineering team, responsible for managing authentication and verification systems, leading engineering efforts, and ensuring high availability and performance of critical systems. Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery.
• 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 that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
• You will proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them.
• 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 foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks.
• You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

Qualifications: Required:

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• A track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design.
• Ability to write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
• Proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely.
• 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.

Company: Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Affirm has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Seniority level Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Jobright.ai by 2x Inferred from the description for this job Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Get notified when a new job is posted. Sign in to set job alerts for “Software Engineer” roles. Irving, TX $84,580.00-$118,020.00 16 hours ago Irving, TX $107,120.00-$160,680.00 2 weeks ago Dallas, TX $125,000.00-$170,000.00 2 weeks ago Dallas, TX $140,000.00-$160,000.00 1 month ago Plano, TX $64,300.00-$98,300.00 2 weeks ago Irving, TX $130,000.00-$145,000.00 2 months ago Dallas, TX $110,000.00-$120,000.00 1 day ago Software Engineer I - Java (Richardson, TX) Irving, TX $84,580.00-$118,020.00 1 day ago Dallas, TX $120,000.00-$145,000.00 1 month ago Irving, TX $80,000.00-$115,000.00 3 weeks ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr jobright.com