Affirm is a financial services company that is on a mission to provide its customers with “honest financial products that improve lives.” As an employer, Af
Software Engineer II, Backend – Merchant Advocacy
Location
California + 4 moreAll locations: California | Connecticut | New Jersey | New York | Washington
Posted
18 days ago
Salary
$142K - $210K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Software Engineer II, Backend – Merchant Advocacy
Affirm
• Design & expand the backbone of our platform to scale to hundreds of thousands of merchants from all around the world • Design and align the scope of work with other teams to deliver cross-team projects • Partner with Engineering Manager and Team Lead to execute the long-term vision of the team • Execute technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems • Utilize agentic development tools like Claude Code to automate parts of the development process • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes throughout the organization
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a backend software engineer
- Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design, distributed systems, and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability
- Experience with concepts such as data models, API design (http and RPC), state machines, event-driven architecture, and database design
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be proficient in asynchronous communication–written tech specs, ADRs, project plans, etc.
- Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems (our stack: AWS, gRPC, Snowflake, Kotlin, Python, MySQL, Kubernetes). Java and Kotlin experience are especially helpful.
- Prior experience with monitoring and alerting systems (sentry.io, rollbar, chronosphere, kibana)
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Benefits
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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