Lead technical initiatives as a Backend Software Engineer with Affirm's Merchant & Partner Lifecycle team. Focus on system architecture improvements, mentoring, and innovative development strategies while enjoying remote-first flexibility. Affirm is seeking an experienced backend software engineer to develop the recent lifecycle-orchestrator service.

With a strong emphasis on Domain-Driven Design and distributed systems, you will facilitate architectural consolidation. As a technical leader, you will collaborate with peers, mentor upcoming engineers, and align project goals across teams while fostering a hands-on development environment. Key Responsibilities:

- Design and enhance platform scalability for global merchants
- Align project work with cross-team engineering goals




- Mentor team members and support their growth
- Execute strategies for complex requirements effectively
- Improve engineering standards and processes organization-wide Requirements:
- 5+ years as a backend software engineer
- Proficient in data models, API design, and state machines
- Strong grasp of event-driven architecture and database design
- Experience with AWS, gRPC, Snowflake, Kotlin, and Python
- Familiarity with monitoring systems like Sentry or Kibana Drive backend innovations as part of Affirm's growing team and improve merchant lifecycle experiences.

📌 Backend Software Engineer at Affirm (Saskatoon)
🏢 Kibbi
📍 Saskatoon