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Affirm

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Decisioning)

Remote · Checkout · Remote · Posted Sep 28, 2026

Excerpt from Affirm's posting

Affirm’s Identity team is mission-critical to the customer checkout experience. When a customer chooses Affirm, one of the first steps is an identity check, and our ability to make the right decision directly impacts conversion, revenue, fraud exposure, and regulatory compliance.

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