Senior Backend Engineer - Trust & Safety (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Tech spending stipends

Generous time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

AffiRm is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own quarterly goals, lead engineers, and drive delivery with clarity and resolve. You will collaborate with product, design, and analytics to align on technical constraints, manage risks, and trade-offs while maintaining high-quality code and scalable systems.

This role offers a remote-first environment with flexibility and competitive base pay, equity, stipends for health and tech needs, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Proven track record building highly available distributed systems.
• Experience defining technical plans for delivery of significant features or systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, guiding engineers through ambiguity.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to articulate constraints and trade-offs.
• Identify and lead solving project, process, or technical issues.
• Support team operations and on-call efforts, monitor metrics, and escalate when needed.
• Set and improve code review and design standards across teams.

Skills

Python/Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

MySQL

Job description

AffiRm is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own quarterly goals, lead engineers, and drive delivery with clarity and resolve. You will collaborate with product, design, and analytics to align on technical constraints, manage risks, and trade-offs while maintaining high-quality code and scalable systems.

This role offers a remote-first environment with flexibility and competitive base pay, equity, stipends for health and tech needs, and comprehensive benefits.