Good Culture With A Bright Future - Backend Software Engineer Affirm Employee Review

5.0
Dec 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I feel like there is a lot of transparency about the state of the company, which makes the relationship with the executives feel genuine. Max does a great job of staying engaged with the team and driving as a leader, not a dictator like some executives I've seen in the past. In terms of my position, I felt the pressure when I first started due to a drive to reach a product launch on time. This was a new experience for me but I never felt taken advantage of or over worked. My team is great and I have only good words about other teams I have worked with at the company.

Cons

It is a larger company but still in a psuedo start-up mode so it can be fast paced at times.

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive team, great benefits and transparent leadership.

Cons

Role can be specific which may prevent you from working on other areas / with other teams as easily.

3.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Affirm has a lot of talented engineers and high impact, interesting products to work on. The company is remote first and I traveled abroad for a few weeks a year while working.

Cons

Most of the projects were under tight deadlines which put a lot of stress on the engineers. Management didn't really understand what was required of engineers for many of the projects which made it difficult for them to communicate the team's needs upward. My team was short staffed for senior and staff engineers so techincal leadership was also lacking.

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