At a glance
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote US · Remote
About the role
- Search has become the default way consumers discover where to shop, compare options, and decide what to buy across platforms like Google, TikTok, and even Klarna.
- As we build a new Ads business and evolve Marketplace into a best in class shopping experience, improving search is one of our highest leverage investments to create an experience users choose and merchants want to invest in.
Responsibilities
- With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals.
- You will work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work.
- You will strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime.
- You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities.
Requirements
- You have previous work or internship experience working with Javascript/Typescript.
- You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using Python or Kotlin.
- You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
- You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
- Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
- You have 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.
Benefits
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Workplace
- Remote-first with flexibility built in
- Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office
Skills
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- Kotlin
