Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

About the Position

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

We are seeking a seasoned Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration) to join our team. This role is critical in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our development pipelines, enabling engineers across the company to ship high-quality software quickly and confidently. The Staff Engineer will help drive the design, implementation, and optimization of systems that support automated testing, build orchestration, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Systems & Operations: Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaboration & Enablement: Work closely with engineering teams to enhance developer productivity.
• Leadership & Strategy: Drive the strategy and direction of the CI team.

Requirements

• 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).
• 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.
• Proficiency with managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos.
• Active contributor to open source projects or previous experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company is a plus.

Nice to Have

• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

We Offer

• Base Pay Grade: P
• Equity Grade: 13
• Base Pay Range:
  • USA (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT): $230,000 - $290,000 per year
  • USA (all other states): $204,000 - $264,000 per year
• Competitive benefits package including:
  • Health care coverage (100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision)
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for Technology, Food, Lifestyle, and family forming expenses
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan

About the Company

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• 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

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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