Senior Software Engineer, backend (Online Storage)
Core
Architect, build, and scale Relational and Distributed SQL databases (MySQL, TiDB) to provide managed storage infrastructure for Affirm's financial services.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Backend Infrastructure)
Builds
Managed database control plane, networking stack, and automation tooling for OLTP storage systems.
Domain
Fintech / Distributed Databases / Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed SQL databases, Kubernetes networking, database automation, schema migration, performance tuning, connection proxies, Python, Terraform
Preferred skills
MySQL, TiDB, Postgres, Spanner, Vitess, CockroachDB
Responsibilities
Build and operate control plane for distributed SQL databases; design zero-downtime schema migrations; own networking stack on Kubernetes; lead team delivery and mentor engineers; support on-call operations.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
