Senior Software Engineer II

AffinityCanadaRemote

With our growing customer base and our expansion into new markets and use cases, we have more to build than ever at Affinity as we execute on our vision to put relationship intelligence at every professional's fingertips.

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you’ll have the opportunity to evolve the implementation of the spreadsheet-like interfaces that are core to how our users manage and view their data in the application. This is a particularly complex domain because the data modeling needs to be extremely flexible to support unique use cases.Additionally, this team owns:

The embedded Analytics platform that provides customizable data visualizations.
Notifications, List and Email automation functionality.

In this role, you will:

Become the deep expert in the above product areas, lead the technical design of critical initiatives, and be an active code contributor during execution phases.
Ensure our software is architecturally consistent, adaptable and extensible according to changing needs to business and product.
Collaborate across team boundaries to align on and coordinate change, as this team manages data models that have touchpoints upstream and downstream.
Research and propose new technologies or architectures that drive the team’s critical systems while considering the larger implications.
Mentor other engineers to uplevel them individually and the team as a whole.
Promote operational excellence with focus on high reliability, performance, and scalability.
Work at all levels of the stack, with a focus on backend development.

Qualifications:

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

You have ~7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years of experience leading teams that deliver end-to-end systems.
You’re comfortable troubleshooting across network, application, caching, queuing, load-balancing, storage, and distributed services layers.
You’re an expert in one or more OOP languages and modern OOD, with extensive experience using Ruby.
You know how to diagnose and improve performance issues systematically.
You can effectively contribute to technical strategy and roadmaps on product-oriented teams.
You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real-time.
You demonstrate strong ownership instincts and sweat the details.
You have strong convictions, weakly held, and assume validation and iteration are a given to produce the best results.
You’re excited to work on a cross-functional team, partnering with product stakeholders, other teams, and subject matter experts.

Nice to have:

A combination of startup and brand-name SaaS companies experience.
Experience with event-driven architecture and Kafka.
Experience with React and Typescript.

Tech stack:

Our platform is built with React and TypeScript on the front end, with Ruby and PostgreSQL on the back end. We’re leaning into event-driven architecture using Kafka. Our infrastructure is hosted by AWS and runs on Kubernetes.

How we work:

Our culture is a key part of how we operate as well as our hiring process:

We iterate quickly. As such, you must be comfortable embracing ambiguity, be able to cut through it, and deliver incremental value to our customers each sprint.
We are candid, transparent, and speak our minds while simultaneously caring personally with each person we interact with.
We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available.

Join us in enabling every professional on the planet to succeed by harnessing the power of their relationships.If you’d want to learn more about our values click here.

What you'll enjoy at Affinity

We live our values as playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically open-minded, and take pride in everything we do.
Health Care coverage and flexible personal & sick days. We want our team to be happy and healthy :)
We provide an annual budget for you to spend on education and offer a comprehensive L&D program – after all, one of our core values is that we’re #obsessedwithlearning!
We support our employee’s overall health and well-being and reimburse monthly for things such as: Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment.
Virtual team building and socials. Keeping people connected is essential.

Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity or benefits. This represents the salary range that Affinity believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting, that it will pay for the posted job. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $113,800 - $187,800 CAD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant.

About Affinity

With more than 3,000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valley's best firms, Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers to find, manage, and close more deals. How? Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Consultants, and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month. We are are proud to have received Inc.

and Fortune Best Workplaces awards as well as to be Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed.

We use E-Verify

Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Life at Affinity

Thrive Here & What We ValueWe live our values as playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically open-minded, and take pride in everything we do. | We pay your medical, dental, and vision insurance with comprehensive PPO and HMO plans. And provide flexible personal & sick days. We want our team to be happy and healthy :) | We offer a 401k plan to help you plan for retirement. | We provide an annual budget for you to spend on education and offer a comprehensive L&D program – after all, one of our core values is that we’re #obsessedwithlearning! | We support our employee’s overall health and well-being and reimburse monthly for things such as; Transportation, Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment. | Virtual team building and socials. Keeping people connected is essential.</s> | 1. Dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace | 2. 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Values playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically openminded, and take pride in everything we do. | 3. Offers comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible personal & sick days, 401k plan, education budget, L&D program, and virtual team building and socials.</s> | 1. Customercentric culture | 2. Employeecentric culture that leads with values | 3. Virtual team building and socials | 4. Comprehensive L&D program | 5. Support for employee's overall health and wellbeing</s> | 1. We live our values as playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically openminded, and take pride in everything we do. | 2. We pay your medical, dental, and vision insurance with comprehensive PPO and HMO plans. | 3. We offer a 401k plan to help you plan for retirement. | 4. We provide an annual budget for you to spend on education and offer a comprehensive L&D program – after all, one of our core values is that we’re #obsessedwithlearning! | 5. We support our employee’s overall health and wellbeing and reimburse monthly for things such as; Transportation, Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment. | 6. Virtual team building and socials. Keeping people connected is essential.</s> | Values playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about colleagues and clients, are radically open-minded, and take pride in everything done | Offers medical, dental, and vision insurance with comprehensive PPO and HMO plans | Provides flexible personal & sick days | Supports employee's overall health and well-being by reimbursing monthly for things such as; Transportation, Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment | Living our values as playmakers who are obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically open-minded, and take pride in everything we do. | Paying medical, dental, and vision insurance with comprehensive PPO and HMO plans | Providing flexible personal & sick days | Offering an annual budget for employees to spend on education and offering a comprehensive L&D program | Supporting employee's overall health and well-being by reimbursing monthly for things such as transportation, home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment. | Hosting virtual team building and socials to keep people connected.</s> | 1. Health Care coverage and flexible personal & sick days. | 2. We provide an annual budget for you to spend on education and offer a comprehensive L&D program – after all, one of our core values is that we’re #obsessedwithlearning! | 3. We support our employee’s overall health and wellbeing and reimburse monthly for things such as; Transportation, Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment. | 4. Virtual team building and socials. Keeping people connected is essential. | 5. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $72,000 to $108,000 CAD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant.</s> | We provide an annual budget for employees to spend on education and offer a comprehensive L&D program – after all, one of our core values is that we’re #obsessedwithlearning! | Embracing ambiguity and delivering incremental value to customers each sprint | Making data-driven decisions and making the best decision for the moment based on the information available | Supporting employee's overall health and well-being and reimbursing monthly for things such as: Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment | 1. Empowering dealmakers to find, manage, and close more deals. | 2. Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Consultants, and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month. | 3. Proud to have received Inc. and Fortune Best Workplaces awards as well as to be Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running. | 4. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed.</s> | Reasonable estimate of the current range is $79,000 to $133,500 USD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant.</s> | We care personally about our colleagues and clients | We are radically open-minded | We take pride in everything we do | We use E-Verify | Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.</s> | We iterate quickly and embrace ambiguity | We are candid, transparent, and speak our minds while simultaneously caring personally with each person we interact with | We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available | We support our employee’s overall health and well-being and reimburse monthly for things such as; Home Internet, Meals, and Wellness memberships/equipment | We use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.</s> | We live our values as playmakers, obsessed with learning, care personally about our colleagues and clients, are radically open-minded, and take pride in everything we do. | Our culture is a key part of how we operate as well as our hiring process: We iterate quickly. As such, you must be comfortable embracing ambiguity, be able to cut through it and deliver incremental value to our customers each sprint. | We are candid, transparent, and speak our minds while simultaneously caring personally with each person we interact with. | We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available. | Join us in enabling every professional on the planet to succeed by harnessing the power of their relationships.</s>

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