Senior Backend Engineer, Trust Infra (Remote)

Affirm; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first company redefining credit with a focus on reliability and security. We are seeking a backend-focused engineer to own quarterly goals, lead with clarity, and deliver scalable systems in Python or Kotlin.

You will collaborate across product, design, analytics, and security, shaping architecture, and mentoring teammates. You will design elegant components for secure workloads in Kubernetes and drive impactful delivery across the organization with a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale (Python or Kotlin).
• Experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes for distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly goals and lead engineers through ambiguity to resolve problems.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics on ideation and risk-aware decisions.
• Identify issues and drive solutions across processes and technology.
• Ensure reliability by monitoring metrics and supporting on-call work.
• Set and promote code quality and design standards across the team.
• Mentor teammates and lead by example to develop talent.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

MySQL

Helm charts

Operator patterns

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first company redefining credit with a focus on reliability and security. We are seeking a backend-focused engineer to own quarterly goals, lead with clarity, and deliver scalable systems in Python or Kotlin.

You will collaborate across product, design, analytics, and security, shaping architecture, and mentoring teammates. You will design elegant components for secure workloads in Kubernetes and drive impactful delivery across the organization with a strong emphasis on