Remote Senior Software Engineer, Scalable Payments Platform

Affirm; Regina; Remote; CAD 153,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech and health stipends

Flexible time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer for the Card Loan Platform team, building the high-throughput decision engine behind our card products. You will architect and implement scalable microservices, APIs, and data models to support real-time approvals, origination, and refunds.

You will collaborate with product, data science, and engineering to shape the future of our money movement platform, mentoring engineers and driving best practices in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development or engineering with strong system design and architecture knowledge.
• Motivated leader who grows teams and fosters continuous learning.
• Excellent communicator able to share complex ideas with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical strategy by planning, prioritizing, and executing projects aligned with product and business goals.
• Lead end-to-end design and development of large-scale, high-availability services with robust APIs and data models.
• Collaborate with Product, Analytics, Design, Legal, and Accounting to define requirements and lifecycle strategies.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize systems for long-term robustness and scalability.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead design reviews, and promote best practices.

Skills

System design

Architecture

Python

Kotlin

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RESTful APIs

Job description

Affirm is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer for the Card Loan Platform team, building the high-throughput decision engine behind our card products. You will architect and implement scalable microservices, APIs, and data models to support real-time approvals, origination, and refunds.

You will collaborate with product, data science, and engineering to shape the future of our money movement platform, mentoring engineers and driving best practices in a remote-first environment.