Join Affirm as a Software Engineer I to enhance developer productivity through automation and strong collaboration in a remote-first environment.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 13 minutes ago
Last verified on the company career page 13 minutes ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Contribute to team projects and goals
- Collaborate with team and stakeholders
- Balance speed and quality in work
- Engage in growth and development activities
Must have
- Experience designing, developing and launching backend systems
- Experience with Python or Kotlin
- Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies like AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Practical constraints
- Remote role open only to candidates residing in specific Canadian provinces
AI in the day-to-day
The role addresses scaling developer productivity in an era where the software development lifecycle is increasingly AI-enhanced.
Requirements
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer I will focus on enhancing the Continuous Delivery team's capabilities, working on backend systems that streamline the software development lifecycle. Proficiency in Python or Kotlin, along with experience in distributed systems and technologies like AWS and Kubernetes, is essential. This position is ideal for early-career engineers who are eager to take ownership of their projects and collaborate effectively across teams. Affirm's remote-first culture supports flexibility while fostering a community-oriented environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Affirm's careers page November 14, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Affirm: United States.
- Starts above 8% of 13 comparable junior backend roles we track (median $122,400 across 10 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer I, Backend (Continuous Delivery) role remote?
- Yes — Affirm lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Affirm lists CAD 101,000–CAD 151,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Kotlin, Kubernetes, MySQL, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Affirm targets junior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer I, Backend (Continuous Delivery) role at Affirm.
From the original posting
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.
Our team sits within Developer Productivity, whose mission is to make software development at Affirm simpler and faster across the company. The broader org owns much of the path between a developer’s laptop and production, including developer environments, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, dependency management, and release engineering, all in service of helping engineers ship code quickly, safely, and with confidence.
The Continuous Delivery team’s charter is centered on enabling engineering teams to release independently through strong automation, standard patterns, predictable rollouts, resilient recovery mechanisms, and less manual toil. This role is uniquely positioned to help solve one of Affirm’s most important engineering challenges: scaling developer productivity in an era where the software development lifecycle is increasingly AI-enhanced. The team builds and improves the platforms, workflows, and guardrails that help engineers move from idea to production faster, with better safety, consistency, and developer experience.
We value engineers who listen closely, invite feedback, and work well across organizational boundaries, while also holding a high bar for ownership, technical judgment, and follow-through. Strong candidates will care about building reliable shared systems, reducing friction for other engineers, and making durable improvements that raise the quality and speed of software delivery across Affirm.
What You'll Do
· With the support of your team, you will work on tasks that contribute to the team's projects and goals.
· You will work collaboratively and proactively with your team and stakeholders, bringing them along for your work and helping to create visibility and dialog regarding the risks and trade-offs related to your work.
· You will strike the right balance of speed and quality in your work, ensuring that we hit our business goals while protecting our systems from downtime.
· You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities.
What We Look For
· You have previous work or internship experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale and are experienced using one of Python or Kotlin.
· You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
· You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.
· You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.
· Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.
· You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
Base Pay Grade - J
Equity Grade - 4
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 monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
CAN base pay range per year: CAD $101,000 - $151,000.
Location - Remote Canada
This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.
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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