Senior Distributed SQL Database Engineer - Remote-First

Affirm is building a robust data infrastructure to power our payments platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will architect and scale relational and distributed SQL databases, govern provisioning, failover, backups, upgrades, and migrations, and partner across teams to deliver reliable, secure data services. You will help design the networking stack on Kubernetes, optimize latency, ensure zero-downtime deployments, and drive a culture of quality and ownership from the ground up.