Remote Backend Engineer – Batch Systems & Reliability

Affirm; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Generous time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is hiring a Batch Developer Experience engineer to build tools that streamline batch workflows and improve the reliability of critical batch workloads. You will collaborate across product and infrastructure to deliver phased milestones and contribute to on-call duties.

The role requires 1.5+ years as a software engineer, backend focus, and proficiency in Python or Kotlin, with experience in distributed systems and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Proficient in Python or Kotlin.
• Familiar with distributed systems and AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes.
• Able to take ownership and communicate effectively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics in ideation and decision-making.
• Maintain operations and on-call support for team artifacts and systems.
• Engage in growth activities like interview process participation.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is hiring a Batch Developer Experience engineer to build tools that streamline batch workflows and improve the reliability of critical batch workloads. You will collaborate across product and infrastructure to deliver phased milestones and contribute to on-call duties.

The role requires 1.5+ years as a software engineer, backend focus, and proficiency in Python or Kotlin, with experience in distributed systems and cloud technologies.