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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (identity Decisioning)

Location: Remote
Work mode: Remote
Type: full time
Listed: Sep 29, 2026

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Staff Software Engineer, Backend at Affirm focused on identity decisioning for international markets. Responsibilities include setting technical strategy, collaborating across product development, acting as a force multiplier, owning team operations and availability, and fostering a culture of quality and ownership.

Skills and focus areas

technical strategy
product development lifecycle
technical sustainability
risk management
operational processes
monitoring
triage
playbooks
policies
testing
alerting
on-call

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