Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Recoveries) at Affirm
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At a glance
- Company
- Affirm
- Location
- Spain
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5–10 years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
- Added to The Stack
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Updated 2026-11-03, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver quarterly goals for the Recoveries backend team; lead engineers through ambiguous, open-ended problems.
- Design, implement and operate backend systems for charged-off loan recovery, including batch and asynchronous workloads.
- Collaborate with product, design and analytics on feature ideation, technical constraints and trade-offs.
- Ensure operational stability: define monitoring, SLAs, on-call practices, backfills and failure handling.
- Raise and resolve project/process/technical risks; set and promote code review and design standards.
- Mentor teammates, provide feedback and help grow engineering talent on the team.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong backend experience with Python and/or Kotlin and cloud infra (AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL).
- Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale batch, scheduled jobs and asynchronous data pipelines.
- Familiarity shipping web apps (React/Vue) and integrating backend services with front-end UIs.
- Proven system design skills with focus on correctness, observability and failure recovery.
- Strong communication, ownership mindset and a track record of delivering production systems.
Responsibilities
You will lead a team of engineers to deliver quarterly goals and manage the lifecycle of charged-off loans. You will also collaborate with product, design, and analytics teams to implement recovery strategies and ensure system availability.
Requirements
Candidates must have 4+ years of software engineering experience with proficiency in backend technologies like Python, Kotlin, AWS, and Kubernetes. Experience in designing scalable systems and operating asynchronous workloads is essential.
Key skills
- Python — in 1173 other listings on The Stack
- Kotlin — in 249 other listings on The Stack
- AWS — in 788 other listings on The Stack
- MySQL — in 92 other listings on The Stack
- Kubernetes — in 569 other listings on The Stack
- React — in 274 other listings on The Stack
- Vue — in 16 other listings on The Stack
- Backend systems — in 32 other listings on The Stack
- Batch processing
- Asynchronous workloads
- System design
- Observability
- Failure handling
- Code review
- Technical leadership
- Communication
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)
Frequently asked questions about Affirm
Is this Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Recoveries) role still open?
It was posted on 2026-08-18. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Affirm's site before applying.
Does Affirm offer visa sponsorship?
This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Affirm's site.
Where is this role located?
The listing gives the location as Spain. It is marked on-site.
What skills does this role ask for?
The listing names: Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, React, Vue, Backend systems, Batch processing, Asynchronous workloads, System design, Observability, Failure handling, Code review, Technical leadership, Communication.