Remote-First Backend Engineer, Checkout Platform

Affirm; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; 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

Affim is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of our Checkout Platform, delivering a world-class buying experience with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will design and implement new APIs and microservice interfaces to manage user transactions, collaborate across teams, and drive improvements to the checkout journey in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Backend experience with financial or API platforms is a plus.
• Ability to design scalable APIs and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement forward-looking approaches that solve large open-ended problems.
• Own components of checkout systems and improve their health."
• Collaborate across the organization to build the next generation of the checkout platform.
• Learn and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes across the checkout platform.

Tools

Python

Kotlin

RPC

Redis

MySQL

AWS

Github

Job description

Affim is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of our Checkout Platform, delivering a world-class buying experience with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will design and implement new APIs and microservice interfaces to manage user transactions, collaborate across teams, and drive improvements to the checkout journey in a remote-first environment.