Backend Engineer II | Batch & Distributed Systems | Remote

Affirm; Miami (FL); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Flexible time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first company reinventing how people pay over time, with no hidden fees and a transparent pay structure. The Batch Developer Experience role focuses on building tools that speed up batch development, testing, and reliability across the platform.

You will work with product, design, and analytics to deliver phased work, participate in interviews, and help keep systems performant. Health coverage, stipends, time off, and ESPP are included.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems with Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Ability to break down problems and implement well-tested, extensible code.
• Comfortable navigating large code bases and participating in code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Break down larger projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to align on constraints and trade-offs.
• Support operations and availability of artifacts; monitor metrics and participate in on-call.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Ownership growth

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first company reinventing how people pay over time, with no hidden fees and a transparent pay structure. The Batch Developer Experience role focuses on building tools that speed up batch development, testing, and reliability across the platform.

You will work with product, design, and analytics to deliver phased work, participate in interviews, and help keep systems performant. Health coverage, stipends, time off, and ESPP are included.