Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Ownership & Equity

Affirm, Inc.; Sioux Falls (SD); Remote; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a backend engineer to own and deliver quarterly goals, guiding teams through ambiguity while collaborating with product, design, and analytics to balance technical constraints and trade-offs.

Applicants should have 4+ years building scalable backend systems in Python or Kotlin, plus a track record of designing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design.
• Writes high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
• Strong ownership mindset with growth through feedback and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, guiding engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems.
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics during ideation and decisions with trade-offs.
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, or business issues.

Skills

Python or Kotlin

Distributed systems

Technical planning

Code ownership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a backend engineer to own and deliver quarterly goals, guiding teams through ambiguity while collaborating with product, design, and analytics to balance technical constraints and trade-offs.

Applicants should have 4+ years building scalable backend systems in Python or Kotlin, plus a track record of designing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Excellent communication is essential.