Software Engineer I, Backend (Continuous Delivery)
Affirm
Posted 12 Nov 2026, 23:11 ET · Verified open on LinkedIn 13 Nov, 07:16 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- Stakeholder managementPythonKotlinSystem designMySQLKubernetes
- Work
- On-site in Atlanta
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Listed
- Nov 12, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
At Affirm, the mission of the Developer Productivity team is to simplify and accelerate software development across the company. The Continuous Delivery team specifically focuses on enabling engineering teams to release independently through strong automation, standard patterns, predictable rollouts, resilient recovery mechanisms, and reduced manual effort. This role is positioned to help solve the challenge of scaling developer productivity in an AI-enhanced software development lifecycle, by building and improving platforms, workflows, and guardrails that help engineers move from idea to production faster, with better safety, consistency, and developer experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to team projects and goals with the support of your team.
- Collaborate proactively with your team and stakeholders, providing visibility and dialog regarding risks and trade-offs.
- Balance speed and quality in your work to meet business goals while protecting systems from downtime.
- Engage in growth and development activities to contribute to team community.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Proficiency in Python or Kotlin.
- Familiarity with distributed systems building blocks.
- Experience with technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Ability to take a simple problem or business scenario and execute on a solution that interacts with multiple software components.
- Skill in writing clear, easily understood, well-tested, and extensible code.
- Comfort navigating large codebases, debugging others' code, and providing feedback through code reviews.
- Demonstrated ownership of growth, proactively seeking feedback.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration.
Qualifications
- Previous work or internship experience in backend systems design, development, and launch at scale.
- Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.