Software Engineer, Early Career at Affirm in Chicago, IL

Summary: Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. In this role, you will collaborate with your team to contribute to projects and goals while gaining valuable experience in a hybrid work environment. 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 Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience - Mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components - Executing on solutions by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code - Comfortable navigating a large code base and debugging others' code - Providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews - Demonstrated ownership of personal growth by proactively seeking feedback from team, manager, and stakeholders - Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with a global engineering team Required Skills: Software Development, Code Debugging Important Skills: Code Reviews, Communication Skills Nice-to-Have Skills: Team Collaboration Benefits: Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents, Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses, Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge, ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount