Backend Engineer – Batch & Reliability (Remote)

Affirm; Regina; Remote; CAD 133,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Generous time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Batch Developer Experience engineer to join our remote-first team serving Canada. You will break down complex backend work, design and launch scalable services, and collaborate with product, design, analytics, and operations to keep systems reliable and observable.

Ideal candidates have 1.5+ years as a software engineer, strong Python or Kotlin skills, and familiarity with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Proficient in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Able to write clear, well-tested, extensible code.
• Strong collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics.
• Monitor metrics and support on-call efforts.
• Contribute to team growth and interview processes.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Ownership & growth

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is seeking a Batch Developer Experience engineer to join our remote-first team serving Canada. You will break down complex backend work, design and launch scalable services, and collaborate with product, design, analytics, and operations to keep systems reliable and observable.

Ideal candidates have 1.5+ years as a software engineer, strong Python or Kotlin skills, and familiarity with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.