Remote-First Backend Systems Engineer II

Affirm, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Stock purchase plan

Stipends for health & tech

Flexible time off

Job summary

Affim is a remote-first company building backend systems that power our mission to provide clear, predictable pay-over-time solutions. Engineers collaborate across product, design, and analytics to deliver reliable, scalable services and own features end-to-end.

You will join a team that values code quality, mentorship, and ongoing learning, with opportunities to contribute to on-call reliability and system improvements.

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 technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Able to translate simple problems into multi-component solutions with clean, well-tested code.
• Comfortable navigating large code bases and participating in code reviews.
• Shows ownership of growth, seeks feedback from team and stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication for global collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Break down large projects into tasks, deliver in phases, and collaborate for timely delivery.
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics on ideation and constraints.
• Create and monitor metrics; support on-call efforts and keep systems running smoothly.
• Engage in growth activities like participating in the interview process.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affim is a remote-first company building backend systems that power our mission to provide clear, predictable pay-over-time solutions. Engineers collaborate across product, design, and analytics to deliver reliable, scalable services and own features end-to-end.

You will join a team that values code quality, mentorship, and ongoing learning, with opportunities to contribute to on-call reliability and system improvements.