Senior Software Engineer, Android Platform
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. Affirm, Inc. proudly includes Affirm, PayBright, and Returnly.
Affirm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Android Platform team. We are dedicated to providing a modern, first class development experience for Android engineers across the company so they can ship new product features quickly and reliably. Join us as we build a beloved, lasting financial services company predicated on honesty and trust.
What You’ll Do
- Create tools and libraries that provide foundational functionality for the core Android app
- Proactively maintain and improve test, build, and release pipelines
- Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and data counterparts to execute on cross-functional initiatives
- Provide guidance on core app architectural decisions and drive implementation
- Follow developments in Android ecosystem and proactively raise improvement opportunities
- Promote a written-first culture that values documentation, tech specs, how-to’s, post-mortems, and RFC’s
- Communicate best practices and platform updates to product engineers
- Peer review code and provide constructive feedback
- Conduct technical interviews
- Ask for and provide help when needed
What We Look For
- Proficiency in Kotlin, Dagger, RxJava, Espresso. Bonus: Kotlin coroutines, Ruby.
- Experience with Android tooling as well as product development workflow
- Passion for Android engineering and ecosystem
- Excellent communication, written, and collaboration skills
- Positive mentality
Location- Remote Canada
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