Senior Software Engineer - Remote-First System Design Lead

Affirm; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 173,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first company hiring senior software engineers who will drive technical strategy and own end-to-end system design for large-scale services. You will lead cross-functional collaboration across product, analytics, design, and legal to define requirements and execute our card loan attribution and lifecycle strategies.

The role emphasizes mentoring, architecture leadership, and delivering robust, scalable solutions with modern languages such as Python or Kotlin, plus cloud and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development or engineering experience with system design
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerization
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in related field

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, prioritization, and execution of projects aligned with goals
• Own end-to-end system design for large-scale services and APIs
• Collaborate across Product, Analytics, Design, Legal and Accounting
• Ensure health and performance through analysis and optimization
• Mentor engineers and drive code reviews and best practices

Skills

System design

Leadership

Communication

Analytical

Python/Kotlin

Cloud platforms

Docker/Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL

REST APIs

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

REST

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first company hiring senior software engineers who will drive technical strategy and own end-to-end system design for large-scale services. You will lead cross-functional collaboration across product, analytics, design, and legal to define requirements and execute our card loan attribution and lifecycle strategies.

The role emphasizes mentoring, architecture leadership, and delivering robust, scalable solutions with modern languages such as Python or Kotlin, plus cloud and