Senior Backend Engineer: Identity & Distributed Systems

Affirm, Inc.

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 190,000 - 230,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Health And Wellness Stipends

Technology Stipend

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

8+ years designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems.

Responsibilities

Set the team’s technical strategy and lead delivery of business-critical identity projects, collaborating with product, design, analytics, and engineering partners.
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Skills

Backend Engineering

Python

Kotlin

Distributed Systems

High Availability

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Identity Decisioning

KYC

User Lifecycle Management

Technical Strategy

System Architecture

Operational Monitoring

Code Review

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Set the team’s technical strategy and lead delivery of business-critical identity projects, collaborating with product, design, analytics, and engineering partners. Own operational reliability and quality through monitoring, on-call processes, standards, technical advocacy, and mentoring.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems, with experience in highly available distributed systems and technologies such as AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes. Candidates should be able to plan and deliver major system changes, write clear high-quality code, navigate ambiguity, and communicate effectively; equivalent practical experience or a related bachelor’s degree is accepted.

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