Identity Backend Engineer II (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

ESPP

Stipends for tech setup

Generous time off

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer II, Backend (Identity Decisioning) to design and implement backend systems that validate consumer identity, collaborating with Product, Compliance, Auth, and Fraud teams in a remote-first US role.

You’ll work on scalable distributed services, contribute to on-call duties, and drive growth through code reviews and cross-functional collaboration across a global engineering team.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks and deliver in phases.

Skills

Backend development

Python or Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Ownership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer II, Backend (Identity Decisioning) to design and implement backend systems that validate consumer identity, collaborating with Product, Compliance, Auth, and Fraud teams in a remote-first US role.

You’ll work on scalable distributed services, contribute to on-call duties, and drive growth through code reviews and cross-functional collaboration across a global engineering team.