Backend Engineer II - Checkout Platform (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage at no cost

Spending stipends for tech setup

Time off and holidays

ESPP (employee stock purchase plan)

Job summary

affirm is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design the next generation of the Checkout Platform and deliver a world-class buying experience that puts customers first. You will design and implement new APIs and microservice interfaces to manage every user’s transaction, and work with a fast-paced team to improve performance and reliability across the checkout journey.

Join us in building a trusted, remote-first financial services brand.

Qualifications

• Own checkout components and drive long-term health.
• Develop, test, and ship high-quality software at scale.
• Communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new API’s and microservice interfaces.
• Collaborate with engineers across the organization to improve the checkout platform.
• Learn and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes across the checkout platform.
• Own components of checkout systems and define their long-term health.

Skills

Ownership

Execution

Collaboration

Team growth

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

Kotlin

RPC

Redis

MySQL

AWS

Github

Job description

affirm is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design the next generation of the Checkout Platform and deliver a world-class buying experience that puts customers first. You will design and implement new APIs and microservice interfaces to manage every user’s transaction, and work with a fast-paced team to improve performance and reliability across the checkout journey.

Join us in building a trusted, remote-first financial services brand.