Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Fraud Risk Systems

Affirm, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 173,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech stipends for setup

Generous time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

AffiRm is seeking a senior backend engineer to own and deliver quarterly goals for a high-availability, scalable backend ecosystem. You will lead engineers, collaborate with product, design, and analytics, and drive architectural decisions with a focus on reliability and trade-offs.

You will contribute to a culture of quality, mentor teammates, and help shape the technical roadmap. The role offers a remote-first environment with flexible in-person onboarding opportunities across the U.S.

Qualifications

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team.
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics in the lifecycle.
• Identify project, process, technology or business issues and lead their resolution.
• Support operations and availability of team artifacts and on-call efforts.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership with code review and design standards.
• Develop talent by providing feedback and guidance to team members.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product management, design and analytics in ideation and decisions.
• Proactively identify issues and drive solutions across project scope.
• Maintain team artifacts: metrics, dashboards, and on-call readiness.
• Raise code quality via standards and writing/tech talks beyond the team.
• Mentor teammates and lead by example to grow capability.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Code quality

Ownership & growth

Education

Bachelor's degree (related field)

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

AffiRm is seeking a senior backend engineer to own and deliver quarterly goals for a high-availability, scalable backend ecosystem. You will lead engineers, collaborate with product, design, and analytics, and drive architectural decisions with a focus on reliability and trade-offs.

You will contribute to a culture of quality, mentor teammates, and help shape the technical roadmap. The role offers a remote-first environment with flexible in-person onboarding opportunities across the U.S.