We are seeking a highly motivated Staff Engineer to contribute to Developer Productivity, with a focus on Test Platform Engineering. Our team’s flagship platforms provide lightweight test frameworks for every layer, synthetic identities, test data seeding, endpoint mocking, and overall testing infrastructure. These tools enable Affirm Engineering Teams to perform automated, deterministic testing with consistency across locations. Additionally, we support our partner teams in conducting exploratory testing, allowing us to collaboratively evolve our ways of working.
Our goal is to create a workplace where teams, composed of partners from engineering, product, and design backgrounds, can focus on creativity and problem-solving, empowered by simplified, repeatable, and automated testing processes.
In this role, you will actively collaborate on the roadmap, design technical solutions, and drive cross-team initiatives. You will work closely with the Engineering Director and the team to enhance quality standards and processes while representing the team in broader organizational efforts.
responsibilities :
Partner with stakeholders to align on roadmaps, strategy, and vision for the Test Platform Engineering team.
Lead technical decisions, initiatives, and roadmaps within the Developer Productivity team and beyond.
Collaborate with other technical leads, management, and stakeholders across the organization to design and implement solutions that extend beyond the team’s scope and require cross-functional collaboration.
Lead and mentor engineers, helping them to grow and succeed. Provide guidance to engineers across the organization to improve their code quality and testing skills.
Work closely with teammates from engineering, product, and design backgrounds to craft best-in-class systems and processes around test frameworks and infrastructure, with the ultimate goal of enabling them to build the best financial products.
requirements-expected :
7+ years of software development experience.
Strong sense of ownership with a proven track record of successfully driving large cross-functional technical programs.
Prior experience in designing, building, launching, and maintaining consumer-scale products.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams, both written and spoken, with proficiency in asynchronous communication methods such as written tech specs, RFCs, wiki entries, project plans, etc.
Proficiency in either back-end or front-end development, with a particular focus on testing.
A passion for improving consumer financial services.
offered :
Type of employment: Contract of Employment.
Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle.
Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge.
Learning & Development programs.
Parental leave.
Employee Resource & Community Groups.
This role is eligible for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy.
