153K–213K CAD / year
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Data)
BackendRemote — Canada
Published on 2026-10-20
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About this role
Build and operate highly available, low-latency backend systems supporting consumer onboarding, authentication, and verification across Affirm products. The role includes technical leadership, delivery ownership, operational support, and mentoring engineers.
About the company
Affirm offers buy now, pay later financing that lets consumers split purchases into transparent installment payments at checkout. It partners with merchants to provide flexible credit options without late fees.
The team
Identity Engineering
Stack
PythonKotlinAWSMySQLKubernetes
What you'll do
- Own quarterly team goals and guide engineers through ambiguous problems
- Collaborate with product, design, and analytics on ideas, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs
- Identify and lead solutions to project, process, technology, and business issues
- Monitor service metrics, support availability, and participate in on-call operations
- Improve code review and design standards and share practices through writing and tech talks
- Provide feedback and guidance to develop teammates
What we're looking for
- 4+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale
- Experience building highly available distributed systems
- Ability to define technical plans and design elegant, extensible system components
- Strong coding skills and experience making significant changes safely in large codebases
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for global collaboration
Benefits
- 100% subsidized health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Monthly technology, health, and wellness stipends
- Flexible time off and generous holidays
- Employee stock purchase plan with discounted stock