Senior Backend Engineer – Trust & Safety (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Boulder (CO); Remote; USD 173,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

AffiRm seeks a skilled Trust & Safety Engineer to own backend initiatives, delivering scalable, reliable systems at pace. You will collaborate with product, design, analytics and operations to balance risk, performance and customer experience in a remote-first environment.

You will join a team building real-time risk signals, with a focus on owning quarterly goals, mentoring teammates, and advocating for code quality, robust testing, and efficient deployment practices across a global engineering

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
• Proven experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes in production.
• Ability to define a technical plan for significant features with simple, extensible design.
• Strong ownership, proactive feedback and collaboration across teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for global teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly goals for the team and guide delivery through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics during ideation and decisions.
• Identify and lead solutions to project, process, or technology issues.
• Maintain metrics and on-call readiness to keep services healthy.
• Promote code quality and design standards across teams.
• Mentor teammates and lead by example.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Code quality & ownership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Job description

AffiRm seeks a skilled Trust & Safety Engineer to own backend initiatives, delivering scalable, reliable systems at pace. You will collaborate with product, design, analytics and operations to balance risk, performance and customer experience in a remote-first environment.

You will join a team building real-time risk signals, with a focus on owning quarterly goals, mentoring teammates, and advocating for code quality, robust testing, and efficient deployment practices across a global engineering