Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Card Experiences) (Fully Remote)

Affirm; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm, a remote-first company, is seeking an experienced backend-focused engineer to lead the design and deployment of high-scale systems. You will own features end to end, build cardholder-facing surfaces across web, mobile, and backend, and partner with product, design, risk, and operations to ship improvements.

The role emphasizes setting technical strategy, ensuring reliability through monitoring and alerting, and driving quality via code reviews and design standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years launching backend systems at scale with Python or Kotlin.
• Proficient in React Native, React, or Vue.
• Skilled with AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Build cardholder-facing surfaces across web, mobile, and backend.
• Work with product, design, risk, and operations to ship improvements.
• Set technical strategy and own features end to end.
• Ensure reliability with monitoring, triage, and alerting.
• Foster quality via code review and design standards.

Skills

Backend systems

Frontend frameworks

System scaling

Tools

Python

Kotlin

React Native

React

Vue

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

• Build cardholder-facing surfaces across web, mobile, and backend.
• Work with product, design, risk, and operations to ship improvements.
• Set technical strategy and own features end to end.
• Ensure reliability with monitoring, triage, and alerting.
• Foster quality via code review and design standards.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years launching backend systems at scale with Python or Kotlin.
• Proficient in React Native, React, or Vue.
• Skilled with AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.

Affirm

Affirm provides clear, predictable pay-over-time options with no hidden fees. We are a remote-first company focused on quality, security, and using AI to improve customer experiences.