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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Continuous Integration)

1 month ago
Canada
Full-time
Lead
Software Engineer
Software Development
AWS Buildkite CI/CD GitHub Java Kotlin Kubernetes Python
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Affirm

Affirm

Affirm offers a transparent buy now, pay later service founded in 2012 by Max Levchin. No late fees or surprises, just a responsible way to pay over time for your favorite brands.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012
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Description

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

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity domains.
  • Strong background with modern build systems such as GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, or Bazel.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native environments such as AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Solid programming background in Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar languages.
  • Ability to guide technical decision-making.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to balance long-term vision and short-term impact.
  • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
  • Experience managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos; Bazel experience is preferred.
  • Active open source contributions or experience at a leading tech company working on large-scale software development is a plus.
  • Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with willingness to apply them to productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $178,000 to $228,000 CAD per year.
  • Equity eligibility through Affirm Holdings, Inc.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Affirm covers all health care premiums for all levels of coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with discounted shares.
  • Remote-first work environment with roles available almost anywhere within the country of employment.

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