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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Marketing & Privacy)

Affirm· Consumer Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer focusing on backend data and measurement systems to connect consumer acquisition activity across paid media, SEO/AEO, and other growth channels to downstream outcomes, within Affirm's Marketing & Privacy Engineering organization.

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team; lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems; support delivery lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics; articulate technical constraints; partner on decisions with risks and trade-offs.
  • Proactively identify project, process, technology, or business issues; advocate for and lead solutions.
  • Support operations and availability of team artifacts; monitor metrics; escalate when needed; participate in on-call efforts.
  • Foster culture of quality and ownership; set/improve code review and design standards; evangelize through writing and tech talks.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin
  • Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes
  • Hands-on experience building marketing data and measurement systems (e.g., GTM/sGTM, GA4, advertising/conversion APIs, CDPs, attribution or mobile measurement platforms, consent management platforms)
  • Experience building production data pipelines and analytical models using Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow (including event-level data, identity resolution, attribution, or conversion measurement)
  • Experience defining a technical plan for delivering significant features or system components with elegant, simple, extensible design
  • Proficiency in making significant changes in large codebases and delivering with safe tooling and practices
  • Growth mindset with proactive feedback seeking and self-improvement
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team

Skills

Required:Backend system design and implementationDistributed systemsCloud and container orchestrationMarketing data & measurement systemsData pipelines and analytics toolingCommunication

Benefits

  • Health coverage at no cost for employees and dependents
  • Monthly spending stipends for tech setup and health/wellness options
  • Flexible time off and generous holiday calendar
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Inclusive interview process with accommodations for disabilities
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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