Backend Engineer II - Checkout Platform (Remote)

Affirm; New York (NY); Remote; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Tech setup stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affim is hiring a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of our Checkout Platform, delivering a world-class buying experience. You will design APIs and microservices, improve system reliability, and work with cross-functional partners to ship high-quality software at scale.

You will own components of checkout systems, raise their health, and continually improve tooling and standards across the platform in a remote-first, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• Proven track record of shipping high-quality software at scale.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement checkout platform components and long-term health of systems.
• Collaborate with engineers across the organization to build the next generation of the checkout platform.
• Own and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes across the checkout platform.
• Contribute to a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Skills

Ownership drive

Shipping software at scale

Clear communication

Team collaboration

Customer-centric mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Python

Kotlin

RPC

Redis

MySQL

AWS

GitHub

Job description

Affim is hiring a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of our Checkout Platform, delivering a world-class buying experience. You will design APIs and microservices, improve system reliability, and work with cross-functional partners to ship high-quality software at scale.

You will own components of checkout systems, raise their health, and continually improve tooling and standards across the platform in a remote-first, collaborative environment.