Senior Backend Engineer - Payments (Remote, High-Scale)

Affirm; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking experienced software engineers to join our Consumer Payments team, focusing on high throughput and high availability systems.

As part of this innovative team, you will collaborate with various partners across Europe and the US to enhance our payment processing network, ensuring a seamless user experience.

The role offers a competitive salary of £120,000 - £168,000 per year, with robust benefits including health coverage and equity rewards.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems.
• Experience with highly available distributed systems and leading engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics in the product lifecycle.
• Proactively identify and lead solutions for project or business issues.

Skills

Backend system design and development

Languages: Python, Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes

Code review and design standards

Job description

Affirm is seeking experienced software engineers to join our Consumer Payments team, focusing on high throughput and high availability systems.

As part of this innovative team, you will collaborate with various partners across Europe and the US to enhance our payment processing network, ensuring a seamless user experience.

The role offers a competitive salary of £120,000 - £168,000 per year, with robust benefits including health coverage and equity rewards.