Build highly available distributed systems for Affirm’s observability platform, working remotely in Canada with Python or Kotlin backend expertise.

This Staff Software Engineer will lead technical direction for a platform processing metrics, logs, and traces across hundreds of services. You will design architecture, deliver execution plans, and improve reliability, query performance, and cost. The position combines hands-on engineering with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Balance telemetry reliability, query performance, and cost

Deliver major system components and technical execution plans

Manage monitoring, triage, playbooks, testing, and alerting

Set code review and design standards for engineers

Partner with product management, design, and analytics

Requirements

8+ years developing backend systems at scale

Track record with highly available distributed systems

Experience using AWS, MySQL, Flink, and Kubernetes

Ability to understand low-level idioms and large architectures

High-quality coding and effective written communication skills

Apply distributed systems leadership to strengthen Affirm’s large-scale telemetry platform and engineering practices across remote Canada.

📌 Staff Distributed Systems Engineer (Winnipeg)
🏢 Affirm
📍 Winnipeg