# Senior Software Engineer, Backend (ML Training and Serving)

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter-giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. About the team Machine Learning is central to how Affirm delivers on its mission, powering decisions across underwriting, fraud, servicing, and personalization. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our ML Training & Serving engineering team, the team that builds and operates the critical infrastructure that enables models to be trained and served across Affirm. This role sits at the intersection of distributed systems, ML infrastructure, and platform engineering. We value engineers who listen closely, invite feedback, and work effectively across organizational boundaries, while maintaining a high bar for ownership, technical judgment, and execution. Strong candidates care about building reliable shared platforms, improving developer velocity, and creating durable systems that enable teams across the company to move faster with confidence. What You'll Do · You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve

- **Id**: 4188018
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/affirm-senior-software-engineer-backend-ml-training-and-serving>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T15:02:44Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T18:47:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5557
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Buy Now, Pay Later

## Company

- **Id**: 572
- **Name**: Affirm
- **Domain**: affirm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/affirm>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.375
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 67
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 153000
- **Max**: 213000
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 149414

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Kotlin** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T18:47:50Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 67
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T21:53:36Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 149414
- **Is top pay**: no

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