Senior Fullstack Engineer — Remote, AI-Driven Scale

Affirm, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is hiring for a senior engineer to shape the technical strategy of a full-stack team. You will own backend systems at scale using Python/Kotlin, lead distributed architectures on AWS, and drive front-end accessibility with React or Vue.

As a remote-first company, you will collaborate across product, design, risk and operations to deliver high-quality features on an annual roadmap. A strong communicator who thrives in ambiguity will fit well.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Proven track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes.
• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficient in web apps using React Native, React or Vue.
• Able to define technical and execution plans for major features.
• You thrive in ambiguity and move from low-level to large-system architecture.
• You think AI-first and apply new technologies safely.
• Strong communication for global teams.
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long horizon.
• Collaborate across product, design, analytics to ensure sustainability and manage risks.
• Define and advocate technical solutions and operational processes.
• Own team operations, monitoring, on-call rotations, and incident playbooks.
• Set code review and design standards and propagate them beyond your team.
• Mentor teammates and lead by example.

Skills

Backend design

Distributed systems

React/React Native

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

React

React Native

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is hiring for a senior engineer to shape the technical strategy of a full-stack team. You will own backend systems at scale using Python/Kotlin, lead distributed architectures on AWS, and drive front-end accessibility with React or Vue.

As a remote-first company, you will collaborate across product, design, risk and operations to deliver high-quality features on an annual roadmap. A strong communicator who thrives in ambiguity will fit well.