Remote-First Backend Engineer II (Python/Kotlin)

Affirm, Inc.; Miami (FL); Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affim is seeking a software engineer to join our remote-first engineering team. You will design, develop, and launch backend services in Python or Kotlin, building scalable systems that power our payments platform.

You will collaborate with product, design, analytics, and operations, own components end-to-end, and contribute to reliable, well-tested code. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required, and you will grow through mentorship and on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or Kotlin.
• You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
• You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others’ code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
• Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
• You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
• You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
• You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Skills

Communication

Ownership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affim is seeking a software engineer to join our remote-first engineering team. You will design, develop, and launch backend services in Python or Kotlin, building scalable systems that power our payments platform.

You will collaborate with product, design, analytics, and operations, own components end-to-end, and contribute to reliable, well-tested code. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required, and you will grow through mentorship and on-call responsibilities.