Senior Staff Software Engineer – Account Security (Remote)

Remote Genie; United States; Remote; USD 204,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Equity or growth opportunities

Flexible time off

Job summary

Affirms, a remote-first company, is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to set technical strategy for a security-focused team. You will collaborate across product, design and analytics to ensure technical sustainability, manage on-call readiness, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable backend and frontend solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience, strong Python/Kotlin/AWS/MySQL/Kubernetes expertise, and frontend experience with React or Vue.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficient in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale with Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Proficient in developing web apps using React or Vue.
• Experience delivering major features or deprecating functionality with a clear technical and execution plan.
• Comfortable moving from low-level language idioms to architecture of large systems.
• Growth trajectory showing gathering and iterating on feedback from peers.
• Strong verbal and written communication for collaboration with a global team.
• Equivalency or Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long horizon.
• Collaborate across product, design & analytics to ensure sustainability and trade-offs are understood.
• Act as a force-multiplier by defining technical solutions and processes.
• Own team operations and availability with monitoring, playbooks, testing and on-call readiness.
• Set and advocate for coding and design standards beyond the team.
• Mentor teammates with feedback and guidance.

Skills

Backend systems

Python

Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Frontend development

React

Vue

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Affirms, a remote-first company, is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to set technical strategy for a security-focused team. You will collaborate across product, design and analytics to ensure technical sustainability, manage on-call readiness, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable backend and frontend solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience, strong Python/Kotlin/AWS/MySQL/Kubernetes expertise, and frontend experience with React or Vue.