Senior Backend Engineer - Trust & Safety, Remote

Affirm, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 173,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Stipends for tech setup and wellness

Flexible time off

Job summary

AffiRm is a remote-first company hiring for backend engineering roles in the USA. You will own and deliver quarterly goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, and collaborate across product, design and analytics to build scalable systems.

You will contribute to defining architectural plans, ensuring code quality, and mentoring teammates while working in a flexible, globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
• Experience with highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Define a technical plan for delivering a significant feature with simple, extensible design.
• Proven ability to perform large-scale changes safely with tooling and processes.
• Ownership mindset with proactive growth and seeking feedback.
• Strong written and verbal communication for global collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems.
• Collaborate with product management, design & analytics across the lifecycle and articulate technical constraints.
• Identify and drive project, process, technology or business issues and lead in solving them.
• Support operations and availability of team artifacts by creating metrics and on-call support.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards.
• Develop talent on your team by giving feedback and mentoring others.

Skills

Backend design

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

AffiRm is a remote-first company hiring for backend engineering roles in the USA. You will own and deliver quarterly goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, and collaborate across product, design and analytics to build scalable systems.

You will contribute to defining architectural plans, ensuring code quality, and mentoring teammates while working in a flexible, globally distributed environment.