Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Compute Platform Remote

Affirm; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage—premium for you

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Batch Infra team at Affirm owns a reliable, scalable compute platform that serves ML, product and financial engineering workloads. We ship on-cloud batch solutions and uphold high availability, with a remote-first setup across the US.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience building highly available distributed systems with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with workflow orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Flyte, Prefect, Temporal, Luigi).
• Experience scaling Spark/Flink on Kubernetes for large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly goals for the team and lead engineers through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics across the lifecycle.
• Proactively identify and solve project, process, or tech issues.
• Support operations and on-call efforts to keep artifacts available.
• Set and enforce code review and design standards beyond the team.
• Develop talent by giving feedback and guidance.

Skills

Backend design

Python/Kotlin

Distributed systems

Workflow orchestration

Spark/Flink

Code ownership

Communication

Technical planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

MySQL

Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Batch Infra team at Affirm owns a reliable, scalable compute platform that serves ML, product and financial engineering workloads. We ship on-cloud batch solutions and uphold high availability, with a remote-first setup across the US.