Hiring: Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Reliability Platform) Company: Affirm Location: Atlanta, GA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 09:55:06 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Kotlin, Kubernetes, LLM, MySQL, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Python, REST, React, Systems Engineering, Vue About the job Experience: •4+ years of experience as a software engineer. Required Skills: •Owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. •Support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. •Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. •Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts. •Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks. •Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example. •What We Look For You have a total of 4+ years of experience as a software engineer. •You are experienced in designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale technologies like Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Qualifications: •This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Compensation: •$195,000 - $255,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!