Senior Backend Architect, Identity & Auth Systems

Affirm, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company culture

Health benefits

Mental healthcare

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and deliver high-availability systems across fintech product surfaces. You will lead engineers, shape quarterly goals, and collaborate with product, design, and analytics to balance risks and trade-offs.

You will advocate for quality and on-call readiness while growing talent on the team. You should have 4+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin, with a track record of building

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• Experience building highly available distributed systems on AWS, with MySQL as data store.
• Strong ability to define technical plans for delivery of large features with simple, extensible designs.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team in a remote-first environment.
• Lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems and support delivery.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics to articulate constraints and trade-offs.

Skills

Backend design

Distributed systems

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Education

Bachelors degree in related field

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and deliver high-availability systems across fintech product surfaces. You will lead engineers, shape quarterly goals, and collaborate with product, design, and analytics to balance risks and trade-offs.

You will advocate for quality and on-call readiness while growing talent on the team. You should have 4+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin, with a track record of building