Software Engineer II, Backend (Repayment UX Engineering) at Affirm
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At a glance
- Company
- Affirm
- Location
- Remote Spain
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 0–2 years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
- Added to The Stack
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- 🛂 Visa: Highly Qualified Professional permit. Education: Higher education degree guide
- 💡 No salary shown. Ask Affirm if it is above the minimum.
Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement backend services for international repayments and collections.
- Break down larger projects into deliverable phases and own end-to-end delivery for assigned features.
- Collaborate with Product, Design and Analytics during ideation to align technical solutions with business needs.
- Build observability: define metrics, create alerts, and participate in on-call rotations to maintain reliability.
- Perform code reviews, debug production issues, and contribute to a healthy engineering culture (interviews, mentorship).
Requirements:
- 1.5+ years professional software engineering experience.
- Proven experience building and shipping backend systems; proficient in Python or Kotlin.
- Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and relevant tech such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Strong engineering fundamentals: designing multi-component solutions, writing clear, testable, maintainable code.
- Comfortable navigating large codebases, debugging others' code, and giving/receiving actionable code review feedback.
- Good verbal and written communication skills and a proactive ownership mindset.
Responsibilities
The engineer will break down large projects into phases, deliver them, and collaborate with product, design, and analytics teams during ideation and technical constraint articulation. They will also support the operations and availability of team artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics and participating in on-call efforts.
Requirements
Candidates need at least 1.5 years of experience as a software engineer with proven experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems, proficient in Python or Kotlin. They must be familiar with distributed systems building blocks like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, and demonstrate strong ownership and communication skills.
Key skills
- Backend Systems — in 32 other listings on The Stack
- Python — in 1200 other listings on The Stack
- Kotlin — in 251 other listings on The Stack
- Distributed Systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
- AWS — in 802 other listings on The Stack
- MySQL — in 93 other listings on The Stack
- Kubernetes — in 585 other listings on The Stack
- Code Reviews — in 40 other listings on The Stack
- Debugging
- Product Development Lifecycle
- Metrics Monitoring
- On-call Support
- Technical Constraints Articulation
- Risk Assessment
- Trade-off Analysis
- Communication
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)
Frequently asked questions about Affirm
Is this Software Engineer II, Backend (Repayment UX Engineering) role still open?
It was posted on 2026-03-18. 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 Remote Spain.
What skills does this role ask for?
The listing names: Backend Systems, Python, Kotlin, Distributed Systems, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, Code Reviews, Debugging, Product Development Lifecycle, Metrics Monitoring, On-call Support, Technical Constraints Articulation, Risk Assessment, Trade-off Analysis, Communication.