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Salary: PLN 365,000 - 485,000 / annual
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, offering buy-now-pay-later solutions without hidden fees or compounding interest. The Identity team at Affirm is mission-critical, serving as the foundation of the customer journey and global expansion strategy. The International Expansion Unit (IEU) owns Identity for all markets outside North America, placing this team at the center of Affirm's global strategy.
As a Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International), you will set technical strategy for your team on a year-long horizon and help execute critical, business-impacting projects. You'll collaborate across product development with product management, design, and analytics to ensure technical sustainability and manage risks and trade-offs. You'll act as a force-multiplier through defining and advocating for technical solutions and operational processes.
You'll take ownership of your team's operations and availability by establishing monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting to support on-call efforts. You'll foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards, advocating for them across teams through writing and tech talks. You'll develop talent on your team through feedback, guidance, and leading by example.
Your scope includes building and expanding Identity Data Management, KYC Verification, and Decisioning capabilities while driving architectural changes that impact Identity services globally. You'll operate at the intersection of technical depth and regulatory complexity, directly impacting approval rates, conversion, and fraud exposure.
Required: 8+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin. Extensive track record with highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes. Experience delivering major features, system components, or deprecating functionality through technical and execution planning. Strong ability to thrive in ambiguity, moving from low-level language idioms to large system architecture. Demonstrated growth trajectory mastering feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers. Strong verbal and written communication for effective global collaboration.
