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This role pays more than
84%
of similar roles. Most pay
$152,762–$216,000
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$225k
versus about
$184k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Affirm
Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending
Affirm currently has
64 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$195,000–$255,000
across 60 roles with salary data.
The Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Batch Infrastructure) joins the Batch Infra team to build and maintain a reliable, scalable compute platform. This role serves as a backbone for processing business-critical batch workloads through scheduled and on-demand compute solutions. You will own quarterly goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, and collaborate with product management and design to articulate technical constraints. Daily responsibilities include monitoring metrics, supporting on-call efforts, and improving code review standards. You will utilize Python or Kotlin to develop highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. The role requires expertise in workflow orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Flyte, or Temporal, as well as scaling Spark or Flink for large datasets. You will solve infrastructure challenges to enable ML, Product, and Financial Engineering success.