Backend Engineer II (Python/Kotlin) — Remote

Affirm, Inc.; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity rewards

Tech stipend

Healthcare coverage

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is hiring a software engineer to design, develop and launch backend systems. You’ll work with Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes, and contribute to scalable services used across the business.

In a remote-first environment based in the United States, you’ll collaborate across product, design, and analytics, participate in code reviews, and own parts of the system from ideation through delivery and ongoing improvement.

Qualifications

• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or Kotlin.
• You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• Support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
• Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts.
• Contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Skills

Distributed systems concepts

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is hiring a software engineer to design, develop and launch backend systems. You’ll work with Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes, and contribute to scalable services used across the business.

In a remote-first environment based in the United States, you’ll collaborate across product, design, and analytics, participate in code reviews, and own parts of the system from ideation through delivery and ongoing improvement.