Remote Backend Data Streaming Engineer II

Affirm; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 146,000 - 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 is a remote-first company hiring software engineers for its Streaming data team. You will design, develop and launch backend systems using Python or Kotlin, contributing to event-driven architecture with Kafka, Flink, and AWS.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration across product, design and analytics, and ongoing growth through feedback and on-call responsibilities. Compensation reflects location and experience, with broad benefits and equity offerings.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building backend systems with Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with AWS, Kafka, Flink and Kubernetes.
• Ability to design solutions involving multiple software components.
• Strong collaboration and feedback in code reviews.
• Growth mindset with proactive feedback seeking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for a global team.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Break down projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics on technical constraints.
• Monitor metrics and support on-call efforts.
• Participate in interview processes to grow the team.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Flink

Kubernetes

Job description

affirm is a remote-first company hiring software engineers for its Streaming data team. You will design, develop and launch backend systems using Python or Kotlin, contributing to event-driven architecture with Kafka, Flink, and AWS.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration across product, design and analytics, and ongoing growth through feedback and on-call responsibilities. Compensation reflects location and experience, with broad benefits and equity offerings.