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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.
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.
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Base Pay Grade - J
Equity Grade - 5
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 equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $130,000 - $180,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $115,000 - $165,000
#LI-Remote
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.
Benefits designed for you
Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:
- Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
- Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
- Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
- Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.
We're committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we're happy to help.
For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the use of your personal information as described.
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.
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.
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Base Pay Grade - J
Equity Grade - 5
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 equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $130,000 - $180,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $115,000 - $165,000
#LI-Remote
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.
Benefits designed for you
Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:
- Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
- Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
- Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
- Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.
We're committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we're happy to help.
For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the use of your personal information as described.
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Who's Hiring
- TikTok44
- Rippling41
- CVS Health30
- Ramp18
- Apple18
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software154
- Banking & Financial Services19
- Investment & Asset Management16
- Insurance14
- Consulting & Professional Services14
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in Back-End engineer jobs.
- Proficiency in one or more server-side languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs at production scale
- Hands-on knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure and related services
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration tools including Docker and Kubernetes
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Back-End Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to the stack
Back-end job listings are often filtered by specific languages and frameworks. Mirror the exact technology names from the posting, whether that's Go, Rust, or Django, so your resume clears automated screening before a human ever reads it.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists back-end engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Show system design decisions in your portfolio
Hiring managers for back-end roles want to see architectural thinking, not just working code. Include a writeup or diagram explaining why you chose a specific data model, caching layer, or message queue for a past project.
Target job titles that match your seniority
Back-end roles are posted under many titles: software engineer, platform engineer, infrastructure engineer, and API engineer. Search each variation at your level so you're not missing openings that match your experience but use different terminology.
Prep for a multi-stage technical interview
Most back-end interview loops include a coding screen, a system design round, and a behavioral session. Practice designing systems under time pressure, not just solving algorithm problems, since the design round is where mid-to-senior candidates are most often filtered out.
Negotiate with competing offers in hand
Back-end engineers frequently receive multiple offers simultaneously. Use that timing deliberately. A second offer from a comparable company gives you a concrete reason to ask for a higher base or stronger equity package without sounding speculative.
Back-End Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most back-end engineers?
The companies hiring the most back-end engineers right now include TikTok, Rippling, and CVS Health, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is particularly concentrated in fintech, enterprise software, and cloud infrastructure companies.
How many back-end engineer jobs are remote?
About 69% of back-end engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more flexible engineering disciplines. Roles focused on API development, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure tend to offer the highest share of remote options compared to those tied to on-site hardware or data center operations.
How do you become a back-end engineer?
You become a back-end engineer by building a strong foundation in at least one server-side language, learning how databases store and retrieve data, and understanding how APIs connect systems. Build projects that involve a real database, authentication, and external integrations. Then contribute to open-source work or freelance projects to demonstrate production-level thinking to employers.
Can you get hired as a back-end engineer with little experience?
Yes, you can get hired as a back-end engineer with limited experience if your portfolio demonstrates that you can build and deploy functional server-side applications. Employers at the entry level care more about a working API project with clean code than formal credentials. Focus on roles titled junior engineer or associate software engineer, and apply to companies known for structured onboarding programs.
What does the back-end engineer interview process look like?
The back-end engineer interview process typically runs in four stages: a recruiter screen, a take-home or live coding challenge focused on algorithms and data structures, a system design session where you architect a scalable service, and a final round with cross-functional team members covering past projects and working style. Senior candidates spend more interview time on the design round than on raw coding problems.
Where can I find and apply to back-end engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to back-end engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your stack and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits your experience.
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