Senior Software Engineer, Backend (PBA - Growth)
Core
Lead a backend engineering team to build and maintain scalable APIs and solutions for Affirm's Powered by Affirm (PBA) integrations with Enterprise Merchants and Partners.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineering manager (growth)
Builds
APIs, tools, and end-to-end integrated solutions for merchant checkout and onboarding
Domain
Fintech / B2B Enterprise Integrations
Required skills
Backend system design, distributed systems architecture, Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, technical leadership, code review standards, on-call management
Preferred skills
Experience with large codebase refactoring, tooling development, mentoring engineers
Technologies
AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin
Responsibilities
Own and deliver quarterly team goals, lead engineers through ambiguity, collaborate with product/design/analytics on technical decisions, monitor system metrics and support on-call, set code review and design standards, develop team talent
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership