Staff Backend Engineer - Capacity Modeling (Remote)

Affirm; Portland (OR); 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

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and build scalable systems, collaborate across product teams, and enhance overall system availability. Responsibilities include defining technical strategies, overseeing operations, and fostering team quality. Candidates should have 8+ years of backend experience using languages such as Python or Kotlin, along with a strong understanding of AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and possess excellent communication skills. Affirm offers a remote-first culture and competitive compensation including comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience designing and launching backend systems.
• Experience supporting scale of large sales events.
• Experience tuning autoscaling and multithreading workloads.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the team.
• Collaborate with teams in the product lifecycle.
• Act as a force-multiplier through advocacy of solutions.
• Ensure team operations and availability.
• Foster culture of quality and ownership.
• Develop talent by providing mentorship.

Skills

Designing backend systems at scale

Using Python or Kotlin

Developing distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Affirm is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and build scalable systems, collaborate across product teams, and enhance overall system availability. Responsibilities include defining technical strategies, overseeing operations, and fostering team quality. Candidates should have 8+ years of backend experience using languages such as Python or Kotlin, along with a strong understanding of AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and possess excellent communication skills. Affirm offers a remote-first culture and competitive compensation including comprehensive health coverage.