Backend Engineer – Checkout Platform (Remote)

Affirm; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affim is shaping the checkout experience by delivering a world-class platform and transparent pricing. We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and implement APIs and microservices that power every transaction with reliability and speed.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams, own key checkout components, and drive improvements across the platform while upholding a customer-centric approach and high engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Experience building APIs and microservices at scale.
• Strong ownership and collaboration across teams.
• Customer-centric mindset and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement API and microservice interfaces for checkout workflows.
• Own checkout components and improve system health and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineers across the org to advance the checkout platform.
• Learn and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Skills

Ownership

Execution

Communication

Team mentorship

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

Kotlin

RPC

Redis

MySQL

AWS

Github

Job description

Affim is shaping the checkout experience by delivering a world-class platform and transparent pricing. We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and implement APIs and microservices that power every transaction with reliability and speed.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams, own key checkout components, and drive improvements across the platform while upholding a customer-centric approach and high engineering standards.