Job brief: Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Fraud Decisioning)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Affirm's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Affirm's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote Canada · Remote US
• Posted: 2026-10-09

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 6-10+ years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities and experience mentoring junior engineers
• For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.

Conditions

• Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.

Main duties

• Work across the org to plan and execute large, cross-functional initiatives, including: project definition, technical specification, task break-down, deliver…
• Write high-quality code that can be easily understood and leveraged by others.
• Review others’ work and provide constructive feedback in order to maintain high and consistent quality standards across teams.
• Lead and mentor engineers to help them succeed and grow.
• Develop and review the technical content and requirements of the interview process.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,148 listings, 68 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Affirm's 164 open listings, 33% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Affirm hires

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