Backend Engineer II — Remote, High-Impact & Growth

Affirm, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Flexible time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and launch backend systems.

You will translate business needs into multi-component solutions using Python or Kotlin, while contributing to well-tested, scalable code and participating in code reviews with a global engineering team. The role emphasizes owning your growth, collaborating across product, design, and analytics, and maintaining reliable, observable services with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Proficient in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Ability to take simple problems to multi-component solutions with clear, well tested, extensible code.
• Comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging, and participating in code reviews.
• Strong growth mindset and proactive feedback-seeking behavior.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for global collaboration.
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks, deliver in phases and collaborate for timely delivery.
• Support product lifecycle with stakeholders by ideation, constraints and risk trade-offs.
• Support operations by creating and monitoring metrics and on-call coordination.
• Contribute to team community through growth activities and interview participation.

Skills

Software engineer experience

Backend systems

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Growth mindset

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and launch backend systems.

You will translate business needs into multi-component solutions using Python or Kotlin, while contributing to well-tested, scalable code and participating in code reviews with a global engineering team. The role emphasizes owning your growth, collaborating across product, design, and analytics, and maintaining reliable, observable services with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.