Backend Software Engineer II — Remote-First, Scalable Systems

Affirm, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Tech setup stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to join our engineering team and help design, build, and sustain backend systems in a remote-first environment.

You’ll work with Python or Kotlin, contribute to distributed architectures, and collaborate across product, design, analytics, and operations to deliver reliable software.

The role emphasizes ownership, code quality, on-call readiness, and growth through feedback and interviews.

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 Kubernetes, AWS, MySQL.
• Able to write clean, well-tested, extensible code.
• Comfortable navigating a large code base and doing code reviews.
• Demonstrates ownership and proactive growth.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks and deliver in phases with the team.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics in ideation and planning.
• Support operations: monitoring, on-call, and keeping systems reliable.
• Contribute to team growth and participate in interview processes.

Skills

Backend design

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Code reviews

Growth mindset

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to join our engineering team and help design, build, and sustain backend systems in a remote-first environment.

You’ll work with Python or Kotlin, contribute to distributed architectures, and collaborate across product, design, analytics, and operations to deliver reliable software.

The role emphasizes ownership, code quality, on-call readiness, and growth through feedback and interviews.