Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable API Systems (Remote)
Summary
A Senior Backend Engineer at a fintech company builds and maintains scalable API systems in Python/Kotlin, ensuring high availability and guiding teams to meet quarterly goals while collaborating with product, design, and analytics teams.
Affirm is a remote-first company redefining credit in the U.S. We are seeking an engineer to own backend systems, deliver quarterly goals, and guide teammates through ambiguity while maintaining reliability and scalability.
You will collaborate with product, design, and analytics to articulate constraints, develop elegant designs, and keep services highly available. Required: 4+ years building backend systems in Python or Kotlin; experience with AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes.