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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform) at Affirm

Department: Infrastructure Platform Eng

Compensation

$195,000 – $255,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Location
Oregon
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Affirm is hiring a Data Platform Engineer to build, operate, and extend the platform and application layer of its data infrastructure. The role covers automated provisioning, CI/CD and deployment pipelines, secure data access and governance, self-service automation, observability, incident response, and platform maintenance, while contributing to semantic-layer and agentic data-tooling initiatives. Candidates need cloud analytical-platform experience, container and deployment expertise, Python and SQL, backend engineering fundamentals, and strong operational ownership. The position is remote-first, with base pay of $195,000–$255,000 per year in California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and $173,000–$233,000 per year in other U.S. states.

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