Software Engineer II, Machine Learning; Feature Platform

Position: Software Engineer II, Machine Learning (Feature Platform)
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ML Feature Platform is one of the two teams that compose the ML Platform at Affi rm, the other team being ML Training & Serving Platform. The two platform teams work closely together to create the ML + Data flywheel that empowers Affi rm.

ML Feature Platform’s mission is to:
Grow Affi rm’s business by building a delightful, self-serve platform for developing and serving data for machine learning and decisioning.

As the feature platform team, we own multiple artifacts that in aggregate own the end-to-end flows for features. This includes:

Feature creation, exploration, and serving

Data storage, availability, and visibility

Offline back filling infrastructure and platform improvements

This scope means your work will have a direct impact on the everyday lives and capabilities for our end users: MLEs, Analysts, and decisioning teams. Additionally as the primary data source for ML and online decisioning, our platform’s performance is critical to Affi rm’s availability and latency goals.

We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about ML enablement and believe that platform level improvements can bring snowball effects across the company.

What You'll Do

With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.

You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.

You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on‑call efforts.

You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

What We Look For

You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.

Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems and proficiency in one of Python or Kotlin.

You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.

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.

You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.

Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.

You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Pay Grade - L
Equity Grade - 5
Employees new to Affi rm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affi rm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job‑related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affi rm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $125,000 - $175,000

Benefits

Health care coverage – Affi rm 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…