good work/life balance bad infrastructure - Software Engineer Affirm Employee Review

4.0
Feb 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

great work life balance, you never have to stress about going to the doctor or needing to take time off in case of emergencies, its actively encouraged to deal with what you need to do.

Cons

The code base coming out of a startup environment has a lot to be desired.

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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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