Remote Backend Engineer II — Streaming

FarCoder; Canada; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Health coverage

Stock purchase plan

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Affirm seeks a remote Software Engineer II, Backend (Streaming) in Canada to design, build and operate backend systems using Kubernetes, Kafka and cloud tools. You will work with Python or Kotlin, contribute to streaming data infrastructure, and collaborate across product, design and analytics teams.

We value strong ownership, clear communication, and rigorous testing. This full-time role emphasizes remote-first collaboration and ongoing professional growth within a global engineering team.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Backend design, development and launch experience; proficient in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with distributed systems and Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS; knowledge of Flink is a plus.
• Able to write clear, well-tested, extensible code and participate in code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks and drive them through multiple phases with the team.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics to align on requirements and constraints.
• Support operations, monitoring and on-call duties for the team’s artifacts.
• Participate in growth and interview processes to strengthen the team.

Skills

Kubernetes

Kafka

Python

Kotlin

AWS

Tools

REST

Scala

Unity

Job description

Affirm seeks a remote Software Engineer II, Backend (Streaming) in Canada to design, build and operate backend systems using Kubernetes, Kafka and cloud tools. You will work with Python or Kotlin, contribute to streaming data infrastructure, and collaborate across product, design and analytics teams.

We value strong ownership, clear communication, and rigorous testing. This full-time role emphasizes remote-first collaboration and ongoing professional growth within a global engineering team.