Affirm
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Search)
$230K–$290K
Remote US +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Remote US
Remote Canada - Experience
- 8+ years in backend systems; 2+ years in search or related recommendation engines.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Sets technical direction and leads backend engineering for Affirm’s search and discovery experiences, supporting customer value, monetization, and merchant value.
What you'll do
- Set the team’s technical strategy and lead critical projects in collaboration with product, design, and analytics.
- Improve team operations, availability, quality standards, and on-call readiness.
- Develop team members through feedback, guidance, and technical leadership.
What they ask for
- 8+ years designing, developing, and launching large-scale backend systems using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Extensive experience developing highly available distributed systems.
- 2+ years working in search or related recommendation engines.
- Experience delivering major features or system components through technical and execution planning.
Nice to have
- Experience developing consumer experiences using UI frameworks such as React.
- Experience with AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
Pay
$230,000 - $290,000 USD base salary; $204,00 - $264,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes, React
AI focus
Help lay the foundation for an agentic platform.
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