Senior Backend Engineer, Global Payments (Remote UK)
Summary
Senior backend engineer at Affirm building scalable, high-availability global payments platforms in a remote-first role across the UK. Day to day involves owning quarterly goals, leading and mentoring engineers, and collaborating with product, design, and analytics on AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
Affirm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own quarterly goals and lead engineers in a remote-first role across the UK. You will collaborate with product, design and analytics, shaping delivery while solving complex, high-availability systems on AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
The role focuses on building scalable payments platforms, maintaining code quality, and mentoring teammates in a fast-growing, globally distributed environment.

