Staff Backend Engineer - Capacity Modeling (Remote)

Affirm; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a seasoned technical strategist to oversee backend development and operations. This role requires over 8 years of experience with distributed systems using languages like Python or Kotlin. You will lead technical strategies and collaborate across teams to ensure operational excellence, especially during high-demand sales events. Affirm offers a remote-first work environment and competitive base pay ranging from $200,000 to $275,000 based on location and expertise, along with comprehensive health benefits and flexible spending stipends.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems.
• Extensive track record with highly available distributed systems.
• Experience during large scale sales events.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy for the team.
• Collaborate across teams in product development.
• Ensure team operations and availability.

Skills

Backend system design

Distributed systems

Python or Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Technical communication

Autoscaling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Job description

Affirm is seeking a seasoned technical strategist to oversee backend development and operations. This role requires over 8 years of experience with distributed systems using languages like Python or Kotlin. You will lead technical strategies and collaborate across teams to ensure operational excellence, especially during high-demand sales events. Affirm offers a remote-first work environment and competitive base pay ranging from $200,000 to $275,000 based on location and expertise, along with comprehensive health benefits and flexible spending stipends.