Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Continuous Integration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipeline processes across various services and platforms.

• Optimize build times, test coverage, and reporting to ensure swift and dependable feedback cycles for developers.

• Establish monitoring, alerting, and incident response protocols for CI systems to minimize any potential downtime.

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to facilitate seamless integrations and deployment workflows.

• Recognize developer challenges and spearhead initiatives to enhance productivity through tooling, automation, and best practices.

• Advocate for CI/CD practices throughout the organization to elevate engineering efficiency standards.

• Contribute to and help shape the vision for continuous integration and developer productivity infrastructure.

• Lead and mentor fellow CI engineers, nurturing a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to ensure CI systems align with overarching product and platform objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in driving and leading engineering initiatives within CI, build systems, or developer productivity domains.

• Strong expertise in contemporary build systems (e.g., GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, Bazel).

• Understanding of cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.

• Solid programming foundation (Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar) with the ability to guide technical decision-making.

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities, capable of balancing long-term vision with short-term outcomes.

• This role necessitates either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

• Proficiency in managing build systems and frameworks for sizable monorepos, with preferred experience in Bazel.

• Active participation in open source projects or prior experience with large-scale software development at a prominent tech company is advantageous.

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.

• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.

• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge.

• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount.