# Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Recoveries) at Affirm

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- **Company:** Affirm (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/affirm)
- **Location:** Spain
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, React, Vue, Backend systems, Batch processing, Asynchronous workloads, System design, Observability, Failure handling, Code review, Technical leadership, Communication
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-18
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-19
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7854606003 (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/senior-software-engineer-backend-recoveries-affirm

## 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.

## FAQ

- **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.

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