Staff Backend Engineer - Capacity Modeling (Remote)

Affirm; St. Louis (MO); 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 backend systems developer in St. Louis to lead technical strategy and collaborate across teams for project execution. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in developing distributed systems with expertise in languages like Python or Kotlin. A strong grasp of AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes is essential, along with a degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Affirm offers a remote-first work environment with competitive health benefits and a transparent pay structure, ranging between $200,000 to $250,000, based on location and experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Experience with highly available distributed systems.
• Experience supporting large scale sales events.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long basis.
• Collaborate across teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ensure operational processes and monitoring are in place.

Skills

Backend systems design and development

Python or Kotlin

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Job description

Affirm is seeking a seasoned backend systems developer in St. Louis to lead technical strategy and collaborate across teams for project execution. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in developing distributed systems with expertise in languages like Python or Kotlin. A strong grasp of AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes is essential, along with a degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Affirm offers a remote-first work environment with competitive health benefits and a transparent pay structure, ranging between $200,000 to $250,000, based on location and experience.