Remote Staff Backend Engineer: Scalable DB Platforms

Affirm

Kitchener

On-site

CAD 181,000 - 241,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Affirm is building a transparent, customer-friendly credit platform. We are seeking a staff software engineer to lead the Database Platform in the Online Storage team, shaping strategy for relational and key-value stores across multi-region deployments.

You will own design and implementation of scalable datastore components, automate migrations, and partner with product, SRE, and analytics to ensure reliability and performance. This remote-first role targets candidates in Canada.

Qualifications

8+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin.
5+ years of hands-on database expertise with Relational/Distributed SQL.
Experience with AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes in cloud environments.
Ability to define technical plans, write clean code, and deliver major features.
Comfort with ambiguity and cross-functional collaboration.
Excellent communication skills; Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Set long-term technical strategy for the Online Storage team and align with business goals.
Collaborate with product, infrastructure and SRE teams on large-scale database platforms.
Build scalable datastore components, multi-region, high-availability solutions.
Develop control planes for managing hundreds of databases at scale and migrations.
Lead by example; set code review standards and drive operational excellence.
Mentor teammates and contribute to culture and talent development.