Software Engineer II, Backend (Identity Decisioning)

Affirm(1 month ago)

RemoteFull TimeJunior$125,000 - $175,000Identity Engineering

About this role

An Identity Engineer at Affirm builds and maintains the systems responsible for consumer onboarding, authentication, and verification across Affirm’s product surfaces. The role focuses on delivering high-availability, low-latency backend services while understanding the business and product context. The engineer will support operations, monitoring, and on-call efforts, and collaborate with product, design, and analytics teams.

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Required Skills

Backend Development
Python
Kotlin
Distributed Systems
AWS
MySQL
Kubernetes
Debugging
Testing
Code Review

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Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

About Affirm

affirm.com

Affirm is a fintech company that provides point-of-sale “buy now, pay later” financing, letting consumers split purchases into options like interest-free Pay in 4 or longer-term loans with transparent pricing. It emphasizes no hidden fees and shows the total cost upfront so shoppers can choose flexible payment plans with lower payments. Merchants integrate Affirm at checkout via APIs and partnerships to offer financing, improve conversion, and manage underwriting and payouts. Consumers can manage plans and payments through Affirm’s app and online tools.