Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Mesh Traffic

Affirm; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 169,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% subsidized medical coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is looking for an experienced backend engineer to join their team in Boise, Idaho. In this role, you will lead a team and support product development while ensuring high system availability. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of experience, strong skills in Python or Kotlin, and an understanding of cloud-native infrastructure. Affirm offers a remote-first culture, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits including health coverage and flexible spending wallets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in backend system design and development.
• Expertise in creating highly available distributed systems.
• Proficient in writing high-quality, extensible code.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers in reaching quarterly goals and solving complex problems.
• Support product development through collaboration and ideation.
• Identify and advocate for processes and technology improvements.

Skills

Designing backend systems at scale

Developing distributed systems

Kubernetes resource management

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is looking for an experienced backend engineer to join their team in Boise, Idaho. In this role, you will lead a team and support product development while ensuring high system availability. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of experience, strong skills in Python or Kotlin, and an understanding of cloud-native infrastructure. Affirm offers a remote-first culture, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits including health coverage and flexible spending wallets.