Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform)

Summary

Senior Software Engineer responsible for designing and operating Affirm's analytical data platform, including secure data access patterns, CI/CD integration, self-service automation, and observability infrastructure. The role requires hands-on expertise with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), containerization, API integrations, and Python/SQL backend work. You'll participate in on-call coverage, triage production incidents, and help build next-generation capabilities including semantic layers and AI-native data tooling while setting high engineering standards across the platform.