Software Engineer II, Backend (Identity Decisioning)

Summary

Join Affirm's Identity Decisioning team as a Backend Software Engineer II to build and maintain systems that validate consumer identity across all products, ensuring compliance with regulatory protocols like KYC. You'll design and develop distributed backend systems in Python or Kotlin, collaborating with Product, Compliance, Fraud, and Auth teams to deliver scalable solutions. Responsibilities include breaking down projects into tasks, monitoring system metrics and availability, participating in on-call rotations, and contributing to code quality through reviews and technical decision-making. You'll need 1.5+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Kotlin, and familiarity with AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, and distributed systems principles.