Backend Engineer II — Streaming Data (Remote)

Affirm; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% subsidized medical coverage

Equity

Monthly tech stipends

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first, US-based company seeking a software engineer for backend systems. You will design, develop and launch backend services using Python or Kotlin, and work with AWS, Kafka, Flink, and Kubernetes to build scalable data-driven infrastructure.

You will collaborate across product, design and analytics, break projects into phases, and contribute to on-call operations and team growth. Remote-friendly with comprehensive benefits and equity.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, Kafka, Flink, Kubernetes.
• Ability to translate complex problems into modular, well-tested code.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product management, design and analytics throughout the lifecycle.
• Monitor and keep team artifacts available; participate in on-call efforts.
• Contribute to team growth through interview participation.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

AWS

Kafka

Flink

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Schema registry

AWS

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first, US-based company seeking a software engineer for backend systems. You will design, develop and launch backend services using Python or Kotlin, and work with AWS, Kafka, Flink, and Kubernetes to build scalable data-driven infrastructure.

You will collaborate across product, design and analytics, break projects into phases, and contribute to on-call operations and team growth. Remote-friendly with comprehensive benefits and equity.