Software Engineer II, Backend (Batch Developer Experience)

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $165,000–$225,000 / yr
Posted: 18 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $148,375–$219,425 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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About Affirm

Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending

Affirm currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$255,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II, Backend (Batch Developer Experience)

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As a Software Engineer II, Backend (Batch Developer Experience), you will join the Batch Developer Experience team to build tools and systems that streamline workflows and improve the reliability of critical batch workloads. You will partner with product and infrastructure engineers to break down large projects into tasks, deliver extensible code, and support the product development lifecycle by articulating technical constraints and risks. Your daily work involves creating and monitoring metrics, participating in on-call efforts, and performing code reviews. You must be proficient in either Python or Kotlin and possess experience with distributed systems, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. This role focuses on solving complex problems by transforming simple business scenarios into multi-component software solutions that enhance the testing and development experience for batch processing.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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Skills

Python Kotlin AWS MySQL Kubernetes Distributed Systems Code Review

What you'll do

Break down large projects into individual tasks and deliver them in multiple phases.
Build tools and systems to streamline batch development and testing workflows.
Articulate technical constraints and partner on decisions regarding risks and trade-offs.
Create and monitor metrics to support the operations and availability of team artifacts.
Participate in "keep the lights on" and on-call support efforts.
Write clear, well-tested, and extensible code for backend systems.
Navigate large code bases to debug existing code and provide feedback through code reviews.
Participate in the interview process to support team growth and development.

What we're looking for

You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
You have experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems.
You are proficient in either Python or Kotlin.
You are familiar with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
You can write clear, well-tested, and extensible code for complex software components.
You are comfortable navigating large codebases, debugging others' code, and providing feedback through code reviews.
You have strong verbal and written communication skills for global team collaboration.
This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

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