Software Engineer, Backend (Marketplace Experience)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, and they are seeking a Software Engineer, Backend to join their Marketplace team. In this role, you will collaborate with team members and stakeholders to develop backend systems that enhance the shopping experience, ensuring quality and speed in delivering features. Responsibilities With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals You will work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work You will strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities Skills You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using one of Python or Kotlin You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field Benefits Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount Company Overview Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship Affirm has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 104 in 2025, 96 in 2024, 133 in 2023, 179 in 2022, 132 in 2021, 57 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.