Staff Software Engineer - Backend & Security Lead (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Windsor; Remote; CAD 181,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affim is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to drive backend initiatives from Canada, with a remote-first setup and a base CAD 181,000–241,000 per year plus equity opportunities. You will set technical strategy and work with product, design, and analytics to deliver scalable, secure solutions that impact customer trust and safety.

The role emphasizes reliability, on-call readiness, mentorship, and collaboration across global teams in a remote environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Strong knowledge of Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Experience developing web apps with React or Vue.
• Ability to define technical and execution plans.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability and manage risks.
• Act as a force-multiplier for your team with defined solutions and processes.
• Ensure team availability with monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, testing and on-call readiness.
• Set code review and design standards and advocate them beyond your team.
• Mentor and develop team members through feedback and leadership.

Skills

8+ years exp

Backend design

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

React/Vue

Tools

React

Vue

Job description

Affim is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to drive backend initiatives from Canada, with a remote-first setup and a base CAD 181,000–241,000 per year plus equity opportunities. You will set technical strategy and work with product, design, and analytics to deliver scalable, secure solutions that impact customer trust and safety.

The role emphasizes reliability, on-call readiness, mentorship, and collaboration across global teams in a remote environment.