Backend Engineer II, APIs & Partners (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Equity rewards

Remote-first company with flexible in‑

Job summary

Affirm is hiring a Software Engineer II to build the Partner Merchant Interfaces APIs and backend systems powering partners like Amazon and Stripe. You will break down projects, collaborate with product and design, and help maintain reliable services in a remote-first environment.

With 1.5+ years of experience, strong Python or Kotlin skills, and experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes, you will own features end-to-end and grow through code reviews and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Proficient in Python or Kotlin; API design at scale.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks, deliver in phases and ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics across the lifecycle.
• Support operations, metrics and on-call efforts for reliability.
• Contribute to team growth through interview participation and feedback.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

APIs

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Job description

Affirm is hiring a Software Engineer II to build the Partner Merchant Interfaces APIs and backend systems powering partners like Amazon and Stripe. You will break down projects, collaborate with product and design, and help maintain reliable services in a remote-first environment.

With 1.5+ years of experience, strong Python or Kotlin skills, and experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes, you will own features end-to-end and grow through code reviews and team collaboration.