About the role

Staff Engineer at Affirm driving Continuous Integration for development pipelines and software quality. Collaborating across teams to enhance developer experiences and productivity standards.

Responsibilities

Own the design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipelines across multiple services and platforms.
Ensure fast, reliable feedback cycles for developers by optimizing build times, test coverage, and reporting.
Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes for CI systems to minimize downtime.
Work closely with across engineering to ensure smooth integrations and deployment workflows.
Identify developer pain points and lead initiatives to improve productivity through tooling, automation, and best practices.
Evangelize CI/CD practices across the organization to raise engineering efficiency standards.
Contribute to and help drive the vision for continuous integration and developer productivity infrastructure.
Lead and mentor other CI engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Partner with engineering leadership to align CI systems with broader product and platform goals.

Proven experience driving and leading engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity domains.
Strong background in modern build systems (e.g. GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, Bazel).
Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Solid programming background (Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar) and ability to guide technical decision-making.
Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance long-term vision with short-term impact.
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Proficiency with managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos. Preferred experience in Bazel.
Active contributor to open source projects or previous experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company is a plus.

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