Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Decisioning)
Affirm
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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $197,687–$251,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $260k versus about $224k for comparable roles.
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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.
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Fraud Decisioning) joins the Fraud Decisioning team to lead large, cross-functional initiatives. This role involves building tools and systems that empower fraud fighting capabilities, requiring the development of technical specifications, task breakdowns, and high-quality code that is easily debugged. The engineer will use analytics and data-driven decisions to improve the performance and quality of fraud deciders while mentoring other engineers and conducting technical evaluations. Key responsibilities include architecting complex systems, reviewing peer work, and synthesizing business requirements into system modules. The position requires expertise in software development best practices and experience working with Product, ML, Analytics, and Business teams. The work focuses on evaluating risk at critical points in the user journey to adapt to an ever-changing fraud landscape.
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