Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Risk (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Sioux Falls (SD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee and dependent health

Tech setup stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affym is seeking a backend engineering leader to own quarterly goals, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, design and analytics. You will drive scalable backends using Python or Kotlin, with strong ownership and focus on reliability.

The role emphasizes remote-first work with flexible in-person onboarding; base pay ranges are disclosed for U.S. regions, along with equity and comprehensive benefits. Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing backend systems at scale.
• Experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Defined technical plans for the delivery of large features with clean design.
• Able to safely modify large codebases and build useful tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team and lead through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design & analytics across the lifecycle.
• Proactively identify and solve project, process, technology, or business issues.
• Support operations and availability of team artifacts; monitor metrics and on-call duties.
• Foster quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards.
• Develop talent by mentoring and leading by example.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affym is seeking a backend engineering leader to own quarterly goals, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, design and analytics. You will drive scalable backends using Python or Kotlin, with strong ownership and focus on reliability.

The role emphasizes remote-first work with flexible in-person onboarding; base pay ranges are disclosed for U.S. regions, along with equity and comprehensive benefits. Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience required.