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You’ll own quarterly goals for the Identity backend team, delivering high‑availability, low‑latency services and handling on‑call/metrics to keep the systems running. You’ll also set code‑review and design standards and guide teammates through ambiguous, open‑ended problems.
4+ years building scalable backend systems with Python or Kotlin, plus experience with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes. Strong design skills, ability to make safe large‑code‑base changes, and excellent verbal and written communication.
Identity Engineering powers the onboarding, authentication and verification journeys that are critical to every Affirm product, so reliable, fast services directly impact the company’s core mission of transparent, predictable payments.
A proactive engineer who enjoys leading others through uncertainty, mentors teammates, and thrives in a remote‑first, high‑ownership environment while delivering robust distributed systems.
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
Identity Engineering owns the systems responsible for onboarding all consumers and managing their authentication and verification journeys across Affirm’s product surfaces. In this role, you will need to gain a deep understanding of the business, product and engineering context, and utilize that context to own and deliver high-availability and low-latency systems on the critical paths for all of our products
What you'll do
What we look for
Pay Grade - N
Equity Grade - 9
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $195,000 - $255,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $173,000 - $233,000
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Remote-first with flexibility built in
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.
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