Backend Systems Engineer (Python/Kotlin) - Remote + Equity

Affirm, Inc.; San Jose (CA); A distancia; USD 165.000 - 225.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity rewards

Tech stipend

Medical coverage

Descripción de la vacante

Affim is seeking a software engineer to join our remote-first team focused on building reliable, scalable backend systems. You will design, develop, and launch backend services using Python or Kotlin, while collaborating with product management, design, and analytics to align on technical constraints and trade-offs.

You will contribute to operations, observability, and on-call reliability, plus participate in growth activities like interview processes to strengthen the team.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• You will support your 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.
• You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” on-call efforts.
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Conocimientos

Python

Kotlin

Backend design

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Herramientas

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

Affim is seeking a software engineer to join our remote-first team focused on building reliable, scalable backend systems. You will design, develop, and launch backend services using Python or Kotlin, while collaborating with product management, design, and analytics to align on technical constraints and trade-offs.

You will contribute to operations, observability, and on-call reliability, plus participate in growth activities like interview processes to strengthen the team.