Software Engineer I, Fullstack (Search)

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.</p></div><p>Search has become the default way consumers discover where to shop, compare options, and decide what to buy across platforms like Google, TikTok, and even Klarna. As we build a new Ads business and evolve Marketplace into a best in class shopping experience, improving search is one of our highest leverage investments to create an experience users choose and merchants want to invest in.<br><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities.</li> </ul> <p><br><strong>What We Look For<br></strong></p> <ul> <li>You have previous work or internship experience working with Javascript/Typescript.</li> <li>You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using Python or Kotlin.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.</li> <li>Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.</li> <li>You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.</li> <li>This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.</li> </ul> <div> <div> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Base Pay Grade</strong> - J<br><strong>Equity Grade</strong> - 5<br><br>Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is ba