Affirm
Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)
$204K–$290K
Remote US +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Location
- Remote US
Remote Canada - Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the design and improvement of Affirm’s continuous integration infrastructure so engineering teams can build, test, and deploy software reliably and efficiently.
What you'll do
- Own the scalability and reliability of build pipelines; improve build speed, testing feedback, monitoring, and incident response.
- Improve developer productivity through tooling, automation, best practices, and organization-wide CI/CD practices.
- Shape CI and developer productivity strategy, mentor CI engineers, and align infrastructure with company goals.
What they ask for
- Experience driving engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity.
- Background with modern build systems; proficiency managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos.
- Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Programming experience in Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar.
Nice to have
- Open-source contributions or experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company.
Pay
$230,000 - $290,000 USD base salary; $204,000 - $264,000 USD base salary
Tools
GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin, Java
AI focus
Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with willingness to learn and use them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
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