Remote CIAM Backend Engineer

Affirm, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health coverage for employees and

employees health coverage

Job summary

Affirm is building the next generation of customer identity and authentication, offering a remote-first environment across the United States. This mid-level engineering role in Information Security contributes to core CIAM capabilities powering registration, login, authorization, and account lifecycles for B2C and B2B experiences.

You will implement backend services, collaborate with experienced engineers, and help deliver secure, reliable authentication workflows using Okta, Auth0, and

Qualifications

• Proficiency in writing, testing, and debugging software in Python, Kotlin, or similar.
• Understanding of backend APIs, data structures, databases, and version control.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship authentication features (login, MFA, device binding) with mentorship.
• Develop backend services and APIs in Python or Kotlin for secure access to accounts.
• Integrate identity platforms (Okta, Auth0, ForgeRock) with web, mobile, and partner apps.
• Contribute to design reviews, write tests, and deploy to production with team support.
• Diagnose production issues, improve reliability, and use logs/metrics to optimize code.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Backend development

APIs

CIAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Okta

Auth0

ForgeRock

Job description

Affirm is building the next generation of customer identity and authentication, offering a remote-first environment across the United States. This mid-level engineering role in Information Security contributes to core CIAM capabilities powering registration, login, authorization, and account lifecycles for B2C and B2B experiences.

You will implement backend services, collaborate with experienced engineers, and help deliver secure, reliable authentication workflows using Okta, Auth0, and