Backend Engineer II — Checkout Platform (Remote)

Affirm; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affim is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and implement backend systems powering the checkout experience. You will build APIs and microservices to manage transactions, working in a fast-paced team and shaping the next generation of the checkout platform.

Join us to improve performance and reliability of the systems enabling seamless purchasing journeys. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a customer-centric mindset in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building backend services and APIs.
• Experience with cloud and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement checkout system components.
• Own components and improve the health of the checkout system.
• Collaborate across teams to build the next-gen checkout platform.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Skills

Ownership

Execution

Collaboration

Team leadership

Customer-centric

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

Kotlin

RPC

Redis

MySQL

AWS

Github

Job description

Affim is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and implement backend systems powering the checkout experience. You will build APIs and microservices to manage transactions, working in a fast-paced team and shaping the next generation of the checkout platform.

Join us to improve performance and reliability of the systems enabling seamless purchasing journeys. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a customer-centric mindset in a remote-first environment.