Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

Affirm
United Kingdom
Workplace: RemoteFull timeGBP 120,000 - 168,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Ownership","Collaboration","Mentoring","Problem-solving"]

Own backend identity systems for Affirm’s international customer checkout, supporting KYC, user lifecycle management, and identity decisioning across multiple regulatory environments. Lead engineers through ambiguity to deliver quarterly goals, drive cross-cutting risk/tech tradeoffs, and keep production systems reliable through metrics, escalation, and on-call. Set code review/design standards, mentor engineers, and translate customer feedback into practical technical plans using Kotlin, Python, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

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Job Summary

Own backend identity systems for Affirm’s international customer checkout, supporting KYC, user lifecycle management, and identity decisioning across multiple regulatory environments. Lead engineers through ambiguity to deliver quarterly goals, drive cross-cutting risk/tech tradeoffs, and keep production systems reliable through metrics, escalation, and on-call. Set code review/design standards, mentor engineers, and translate customer feedback into practical technical plans using Kotlin, Python, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and deliver quarterly goals, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems and supporting delivery.
  • •Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics across the product development lifecycle by articulating technical constraints, risks, and tradeoffs.
  • •Proactively identify and advocate for project, process, technology, or business issues and lead in solving them.
  • •Support operations and availability by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and participating in on-call/keep-the-lights-on efforts.
  • •Set and improve code review and design standards, develop team talent through feedback and guidance, and support hiring via high-signal contributions.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 120,000 - 168,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionTech StipendFlexible TimeEquity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin.
  • •Experience building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
  • •Ability to define a technical plan for significant features/systems with elegant, extensible design and high-quality, understandable code.
  • •Experience making significant changes in a large codebase with tools/practices that enable safe iteration.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with a global engineering team.
Experience:4+ years
Skills:CommunicationOwnershipCollaborationMentoringProblem-solving
Tech Stack:KotlinPythonAWSMySQLKubernetes

Company Brief

Affirm
Provides point-of-sale lending and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions for consumers and merchants, enabling installment payments, consumer financing, and embedded financial services through APIs and partnerships with retailers and platforms.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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