Senior Site Reliability Engineer – SRE, Platform Reliability

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and achieve quarterly objectives for the team, guiding engineers through uncertainty and ensuring support throughout the delivery process.

• Work in collaboration with infrastructure, product management, developer experience, and analytics throughout the entire product development lifecycle.

• Engage in ideation, articulate technical limitations, and collaborate on risk assessment and trade-off decisions.

• Identify technical solutions and operational processes that enhance incident readiness, response, and post-incident evaluations.

• Support the operations and availability of team artifacts through metrics, escalation, and on-call responsibilities.

• Establish or enhance code review and design standards and advocate for them through documentation and technical presentations.

• Foster team talent development through feedback, mentorship, and leading by example.

• Define SRE frameworks and best practices, create tooling, and offer training and consulting services.

• Provide data and insights on application performance.

• Guide the development of Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

• Lead Incident Management and Analysis efforts.

• Oversee Change Management and Deployment practices.

• Participate in service and architectural discussions.

• Suggest observability and alerting configurations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and launching scalable backend systems.

• Proficiency in scripting and development languages such as Bash, Python, or Kotlin.

• Proven experience in developing highly available distributed systems.

• Familiarity with AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

• Significant experience in contributing to or leading Incident Lifecycle processes.

• At least 4 years of experience on a Site Reliability or Production Engineering team.

• Experience in defining technical plans for substantial features or system components.

• Proven ability to write high-quality, comprehensible, and reusable code.

• Experience implementing impactful changes within large codebases.

• Experience in developing tools and practices that promote safe changes.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate collaboration with a global engineering team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and technology expenditures.

• 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.

• Dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents.

• Equity rewards provided by Affirm Holdings, Inc.

• Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, and lifestyle expenses.

• Away Days - wellness days designated for taking time off and recharging.

• Learning & Development programs available.

• Parental benefits offered.

• Employee Resource & Community Groups to participate in.

• Creative tax benefits, in accordance with applicable laws and company policy.

• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules that allow for ample time off to rest and recharge.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) enabling you to purchase Affirm shares at a discounted rate.

• An inclusive interview process and reasonable accommodations provided.