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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Reliability Platform)

Affirm·📍 United States

Employment

Full-Time

Work mode

Remote

Experience

MID LEVEL

Salary

$202,482–$238,794 / year · Jobiba est.

Market pay estimate

$202,482–$238,794 / year for comparable Senior Software Engineer roles in United States. Not employer-provided.

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Role overview

Job description

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. 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. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to design and build a next-generation reliability platform for Affirm’s production systems. You’ll blend traditional distributed systems engineering with AI-assisted development to give teams a single place to understand, debug, and improve the health of their services. This is a highly creative, hands-on role for someone who loves “vibe coding” — rapidly iterating, shipping, and refining with strong intuition— while still holding a very high bar for reliability, quality, and maintainability. What You'll

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52/100 · steady

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What they are looking for

Skills & requirements

Qualification

What We Look For · You have a total of 4+ years of experience as a software engineer; · This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law

Department · Infrastructure Platform Eng

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Hiring company

Affirm

Technology

At Affirm, we believe that the financial industry works better for everyone when it’s fair, honest, and inclusive. We help people pay over time for almost anything—with no late fees or surprises. Through advanced technology and analytics that look beyond FICO, we’re able to serve a much broader population than other lenders.

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