Remote Backend Engineer - Card Management & Transactions

Affirm; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Tech stipends

Equity via ESPP

Paid time off

Job summary

Affirm is hiring a software engineer to build and operate backend systems powering card and payment features. You will design, develop and deploy services in Python or Kotlin, collaborate with product, design and analytics, and help scale distributed systems on AWS and MySQL.

The role emphasizes ownership, code quality, and on-call reliability in a remote-first US environment with flexible work options and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 1. 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 2. Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems in Python or Kotlin.
• 3. Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• 4. Ability to take a simple problem to a multi-component solution with clean, well-tested code.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks and deliver in phases.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics to align on requirements and trade-offs.
• Support operations and on-call efforts, monitor metrics and ensure reliability.
• Participate in growth and interview processes to contribute to the team.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

MySQL

Job description

Affirm is hiring a software engineer to build and operate backend systems powering card and payment features. You will design, develop and deploy services in Python or Kotlin, collaborate with product, design and analytics, and help scale distributed systems on AWS and MySQL.

The role emphasizes ownership, code quality, and on-call reliability in a remote-first US environment with flexible work options and competitive benefits.