Software Engineer II, Backend (Trust and Safety Foundations)

Affirm; Kelowna; Remote; CAD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer II, Backend to strengthen its Trust and Safety Foundations team in Kelowna, Canada. This role involves designing, developing, and launching backend systems, collaborating with product management, and supporting operational metrics. Ideal candidates should have over 1.5 years of experience, proficiency in Python or Kotlin, and a solid understanding of distributed systems. The position offers competitive salary and benefits in a remote-friendly environment.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks and ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborate with product management and other stakeholders.
• Monitor metrics and support operations.

Skills

Backend development

Python or Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

API design

Code reviews

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer II, Backend (Trust and Safety Foundations)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

The mission of the T&S Foundations team is to deliver fast, secure, reliable, and scalable platforms that power Affirm's Trust and Safety business use cases. As a cornerstone of our organization, we manage critical foundational systems that support Identity management, underwriting and Fraud prevention at Affirm. We manage platforms such as - the external vendor integration platform, credit report services, user step-up service, counters and rate limiters platform, state machine libraries for risk evaluation, and more. Our focus is on developing foundational services that enhance efficiency and scalability in these areas. We are a close-knit team committed to building the kind of team we want to be part of while maintaining high-performance culture. We live by the following values : Make sure everyone is heard, make time for one another, do not be afraid to provide direct and constructive feedback, encourage questions, support growth, maintain strong communication, and create high-quality, scalable, self-service, and thoroughly tested products.

What You'll Do

• With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
• You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

What We Look For

• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or Kotlin.
• You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• You have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others\' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.

Base Pay Grade - L

Equity Grade - 5

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

CAN base pay range per year : $125,000 - $175,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

Benefits

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include :

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

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