Software Engineer II, Backend (Merchant Advocacy)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Merchant & Partner Lifecycle (M&PL) team is at the forefront of Affirm’s architectural transformation, consolidating merchant lifecycle orchestration into a newly cohesive domain.

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
• Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems (our stack: AWS, gRPC, Snowflake, Kotlin, Python, MySQL, Kubernetes)
• Prior experience with monitoring and alerting systems (sentry.io, rollbar, chronosphere, kibana)

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage
• Dental and vision coverage
• Time off
• Flexible Spending Wallets
• ESPP
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching