Backend Engineer II: Post-Transaction (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is hiring a software engineer to design, develop and operate backend systems in a remote-first US environment.

You will work on post-transaction systems handling accuracy and timely customer communications, using Python or Kotlin and distributed architecture with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. You will partner with product, compliance and analytics to balance risk, performance, and scalability, while contributing to growth and interview processes within a collaborative global

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Proficiency in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes.
• Ability to write clear, well-tested, extensible code.
• Strong debugging, code review and collaboration skills.
• Ownership mindset and proactive growth attitude.
• Strong verbal and written communication for a global team.
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics during ideation and decisions.
• Maintain operations and availability of team artifacts, monitor metrics, and support on-call efforts.
• Contribute to team community through growth and interview involvement.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

MySQL

AWS

Git

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is hiring a software engineer to design, develop and operate backend systems in a remote-first US environment.

You will work on post-transaction systems handling accuracy and timely customer communications, using Python or Kotlin and distributed architecture with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. You will partner with product, compliance and analytics to balance risk, performance, and scalability, while contributing to growth and interview processes within a collaborative global