Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Systems (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 173,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% subsidized medical coverage

Monthly tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Consumer Engineering group. You will own quarterly goals, guide engineers through ambiguity, and partner with product, design and analytics to deliver scalable backend systems.

The role emphasizes building highly available services with modern tech (Python/Kotlin) on AWS and Kubernetes, with a strong focus on code quality, ownership, and team growth in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience building highly available distributed services.
• Ability to define a technical plan for delivery of large features.
• Proven track record of changing large code bases safely.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team and lead through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics during ideation and delivery.
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, or tech issues.
• Support operations and on-call efforts to keep services healthy.

Skills

Backend design/architecture

Python/Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

MySQL

Code quality

Ownership & growth

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Consumer Engineering group. You will own quarterly goals, guide engineers through ambiguity, and partner with product, design and analytics to deliver scalable backend systems.

The role emphasizes building highly available services with modern tech (Python/Kotlin) on AWS and Kubernetes, with a strong focus on code quality, ownership, and team growth in a remote-first environment.