Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Order Platform)
Affirm · Remote US
- Level
- Staff
- Type
- full-time
- Mode
- Remote-friendly
- Posted
- 2026-08-10
- Team
- Financial Platforms - Engineering
Role description
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. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Order Platform team, you'll shape the systems that power every Affirm purchase after checkout — orders, captures, refunds, and settlement — and drive the technical strategy that lets our merchants and consumers transact reliably at scale. Your work raises the bar for reliability and simplicity across our engineering systems, keeping the platform highly available while defining the capabilities that unlock future product needs.…
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