About the role

Role overview

Join Affirm as a Senior Backend Software Engineer in a full-remote role. You will help ensure the robustness and scalability of Affirm’s cloud infrastructure, driving improvements in observability and reliability while fostering a culture of quality and ownership.

Key responsibilities

Contribute to the team’s technical strategy and lead execution on critical, business-impacting projects.
Collaborate with product development teams to ensure long-term technical sustainability.
Identify and manage risks and trade-offs across engineering initiatives.
Promote a quality/ownership culture by setting code review and design standards.

Requirements

Experience delivering major features/system components and executing technical plans (including deprecating existing functionality).
Strong ability to write high-quality code that is readable and reusable.
Mastery of gathering and iterating on feedback with engineering and cross-functional peers.
Excellent troubleshooting skills for cloud and distributed systems.
Comfortable moving between low-level implementation details and system architecture.
Proven track record of developing and deploying highly available distributed systems.
Strong communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.

Nice-to-haves (implied)

Extensive experience automating deployments using Kubernetes.
Passion for operational excellence and building reliable infrastructure.

About Affirm

Affirm is a financial technology company focused on building secure, reliable payment and credit experiences. The role emphasizes cloud infrastructure robustness, scalability, and operational excellence within a cross-functional engineering environment.