Backend Engineer, Scale Dev Productivity (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Oshawa; Remote; CAD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Flexible time off

Equity (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a backend-focused engineer for the Developer Productivity team. You will design, develop and scale backend systems at pace, working with Python or Kotlin and collaborating across the engineering org to improve tooling and automation.

Remote-first Canada role with competitive base pay, equity and benefits. You will own parts of distributed systems, review code, and help the team balance speed with reliability while growing your skills and contributing to a strong engineering

Qualifications

• Designed, developed and launched backend systems at scale.
• Experience with distributed systems and AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to translate simple problems into multi-component solutions with tests.
• Comfortable navigating large code bases and providing code reviews.
• Demonstrates ownership of growth and seeks feedback from team and stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication for collaboration with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Work on tasks that contribute to the team’s projects and goals.
• Collaborate with team and stakeholders, sharing visibility and trade-off discussions.
• Balance speed and quality to hit business goals while protecting systems from downtime.
• Engage in growth and development activities to strengthen team community.

Skills

Backend development

Python or Kotlin

Distributed systems

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is seeking a backend-focused engineer for the Developer Productivity team. You will design, develop and scale backend systems at pace, working with Python or Kotlin and collaborating across the engineering org to improve tooling and automation.

Remote-first Canada role with competitive base pay, equity and benefits. You will own parts of distributed systems, review code, and help the team balance speed with reliability while growing your skills and contributing to a strong engineering