Software Engineer II, Backend – AI Agents

Affirm

Software Engineer II on the AI Agents team at Affirm, focusing on backend solutions for customer interactions. Collaborating with omnichannel vendors and breaking down project tasks for timely delivery.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaJunior💰 CA$125,000 - CA$175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

KotlinPythonReactVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
You have experience shipping web apps using declarative UI frameworks like React or Vue.
You have experience designing, developing and launching APIs at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactVuePythonKotlinAPI developmentweb app developmentcode debuggingcode reviewssoftware component interactionunit testing

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationownershipfeedback seekingproblem-solvingcommunity engagementteam supportrisk assessmenttrade-off analysisgrowth mindset