Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Systems (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 173,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% subsidized medical coverage

Health and wellness stipends

ESPP stock purchase plan

Flexible time off

Dependent dental and vision coverage

Job summary

affirm is a remote-first company building the consumer engineering platform for a simpler, transparent checkout experience. You will own and deliver quarterly team goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, and collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to ship high-quality backend systems.

You will help shape technical strategy, monitor on-call operations, and mentor teammates while driving ownership and growth across the team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes for highly available distributed systems.
• Ability to define a technical plan for delivery of a major feature with simple, extensible design.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team and lead through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics across the product lifecycle.
• Develop talent, provide feedback, and raise code quality standards.

Skills

Backend design

Python/Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code quality

Ownership & growth

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

affirm is a remote-first company building the consumer engineering platform for a simpler, transparent checkout experience. You will own and deliver quarterly team goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, and collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to ship high-quality backend systems.

You will help shape technical strategy, monitor on-call operations, and mentor teammates while driving ownership and growth across the team.