Backend Software Engineer II — Remote with Growth & ESPP

Affirm; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage for you and dependem*

Dental coverage for you and dependents

Vision coverage for you and dependents

Tech stipend

Wellness stipend

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible time off

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first fintech empowering people to pay over time with transparency. We seek a software engineer with 1.5+ years of experience to contribute to backend systems using Python or Kotlin, and to collaborate with product, design, and analytics on technical decisions.

You will help monitor services, participate in on-call rotations, and support reliability and growth across our platforms.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Kotlin and familiarity with AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes.
• Strong communication skills and ownership of growth.

Responsibilities

• Break down larger projects into tasks and deliver them in phases.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on technical decisions.
• Support operations and availability through monitoring and on-call efforts.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first fintech empowering people to pay over time with transparency. We seek a software engineer with 1.5+ years of experience to contribute to backend systems using Python or Kotlin, and to collaborate with product, design, and analytics on technical decisions.

You will help monitor services, participate in on-call rotations, and support reliability and growth across our platforms.