Engineering Manager, Ledger & Backend Systems

Affirm, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 204,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech setup and wellness stipen

Flexible time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affi seeks a senior backend leader to define and drive technical strategy for a high-scale team. You will guide collaboration across product, design, and analytics, ensuring sustainable architectures and reliable operations.

You will own team performance, set standards for code quality, and mentor engineers. This remote-first role offers strong compensation and equity within a regulated financial tech context.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend design, development and launch at scale with Python or Kotlin.
• 2+ years of experience managing a software team.
• Track record in highly available distributed systems (AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes).
• Strong collaboration and communication with global engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long horizon.
• Collaborate across product, design and analytics for sustainability and risk awareness.
• Advocate for scalable technical solutions and operational processes.
• Own your team’s operations and availability with monitoring, on-call readiness and runbooks.
• Define and enforce code review and design standards across teams.
• Mentor and develop talent through feedback and by example.

Skills

Backend design

Team leadership

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Financial systems

Communication skills

Python

Kotlin

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Affi seeks a senior backend leader to define and drive technical strategy for a high-scale team. You will guide collaboration across product, design, and analytics, ensuring sustainable architectures and reliable operations.

You will own team performance, set standards for code quality, and mentor engineers. This remote-first role offers strong compensation and equity within a regulated financial tech context.