Senior Backend AI Platform Engineer
2 days ago
Calgary, AB, Canada
Affirm
Full-time
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Build backend AI infrastructure remotely with Affirm, using Python or Kotlin, distributed systems, and production LLM technologies across Canada.
As a Senior Software Engineer on Affirm’s AI Platform team, you will build the governed path for AI systems. You will design gateway, runtime, and evaluation services, while supporting secure scale across millions of users and transactions. The work includes identity, reliability, cost attribution, and security.
Key Responsibilities:
Own AI Platform projects from design through launch and on-call Build gateways, runtimes, and evaluation services for production workloads Implement identity, quota, routing, caching, and failover controls Partner with security, infrastructure, and product engineering teams Monitor systems through metrics, alerting, runbooks, and on-call Requirements:
Four or more years building backend systems at scale Experience with Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes Production experience with LLMs, agents, or AI frameworks Strong technical planning, coding, testing, and communication skills Equivalent practical experience or a related Bachelor’s degree Apply backend engineering, distributed systems, and AI platform expertise to production infrastructure at Affirm.
Own AI Platform projects from design through launch and on-call Build gateways, runtimes, and evaluation services for production workloads Implement identity, quota, routing, caching, and failover controls Partner with security, infrastructure, and product engineering teams Monitor systems through metrics, alerting, runbooks, and on-call Requirements:
Four or more years building backend systems at scale Experience with Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes Production experience with LLMs, agents, or AI frameworks Strong technical planning, coding, testing, and communication skills Equivalent practical experience or a related Bachelor’s degree Apply backend engineering, distributed systems, and AI platform expertise to production infrastructure at Affirm.