Staff Backend Engineer - Search & Discovery, Remote Canada
Summary
Build and own backend systems for search and discovery at Affirm, using AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes, while collaborating on React-driven UI features.
Affirm is building a remote-first engineering team in Canada to own the discovery and search experiences across our platform. You will set technical strategy, drive scalable backend systems, and collaborate with product and design to deliver high-impact features for consumers.
You will guide architecture across AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes, contribute to React-driven UI work, and help grow the team with mentoring and strong coding practices. This role emphasizes ownership and delivery.