Fast Paced and Rewarding - Software Engineer Affirm Employee Review

5.0
Apr 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- You get to work with industry experts, with specializations ranging from Finance, Business Development, Sales, Engineering and Data Science. - Extremely quick iteration time, and very rewarding work (you get to help customers understand credit on a day to day basis) - The leadership team is extremely competent and has a lot of experience founding and running fin tech companies. - The challenges that arise from working with money are interesting to solve and have small to non-existent margins or error. As a result the work you deliver is of consistently high quality. - The management is very open and vocal with employees about business decisions. - Competitive pay and benefits

Cons

- Working for any startup has some volatility associated with it, as your performance is somewhat pegged to the market - Dealing with fraudulent users/accounts.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing learning curve, great team to work with.

Cons

Not a fan of remote work, very start-up culture, so hustle.

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance on most teams

Cons

Career stagnation. You will work with some very mediocre "senior" ICs

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