Fullstack Software Engineer (International) in London

Responsibilities

• We directly improve the financial lives of over 20 million people shaping how we build Direct-to-Consumer products for Canada, the UK, and future international markets.
• We build and own various products used by our consumers, like the affirm App and other Direct to Consumer products across international markets.
• Our work is agile and fast-paced, shipping new code to production for millions to use across geographies and rigorously measuring the impact it has on them.
• This role rewards curiosity, ownership, ability to zoom in and out, switch contexts often, also in an open contribution model, and a builder's mindset.
• You'll know exactly what your objectives are, you'll have what you need to hit them, and you'll choose your own path to get there, while constantly looking for ways to get AI to increase productivity on a daily basis.
• You'll learn quickly from experienced teammates and grow your craft on problems that matter at scale.
• With the support of your team's tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• 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 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 contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Benefits

• Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
• Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses.
• Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups.
• Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country.
• Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens.
• Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs.
• Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs.
• Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks' paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay.
• Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off - which help our teams collectively pause to recharge.
• Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.

Qualifications

• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 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 have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.