Remote Staff Backend Engineer - Payments Platform

Affirm; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 204,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

Job summary

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, enabling buy now, pay later with transparent terms. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Order Platform, you’ll shape systems for orders, captures, refunds, and settlement and drive technical strategy for reliable, scalable post-checkout operations.

You’ll lead a senior team, set design standards, and mentor engineers. This remote-first role emphasizes strong API boundaries, reliability, and growth through feedback in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience with Python or Kotlin and building reliable services.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long horizon.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics to ensure sustainability and risk management.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Backend design

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, enabling buy now, pay later with transparent terms. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Order Platform, you’ll shape systems for orders, captures, refunds, and settlement and drive technical strategy for reliable, scalable post-checkout operations.

You’ll lead a senior team, set design standards, and mentor engineers. This remote-first role emphasizes strong API boundaries, reliability, and growth through feedback in a