Remote Senior Data Infra Engineer – Lakehouse & ML

Affirm; Regina; Remote; CAD 153,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an experienced backend leader to own quarterly objectives for a data-heavy infra team. You will guide engineers through ambiguity, collaborate with product and analytics, and drive reliable, scalable services across AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Expertise with Iceberg, Flink, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake and Terraform is valued. This remote-first role is open to qualified candidates across multiple Canadian provinces.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin.
• Proven ability to build highly available distributed systems with AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.
• Experience scaling Iceberg, Flink, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake and Terraform.
• Ability to define a technical plan for delivery with clean, extensible design.

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly goals for the team and lead engineers through ambiguity to delivery.
• Collaborate with product, design and analytics across the lifecycle of features.
• Identify and resolve project, process or technology issues and drive solutions.
• Monitor artifacts, metrics, and on-call duties to keep services available.
• Set code review and design standards and promote quality across teams.
• Mentor teammates with feedback and hands-on leadership.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

AWS

MySQL

Kubernetes

Python

Kotlin

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Iceberg

Flink

Airflow

Spark

Kafka

Snowflake

Terraform

Job description

Affirm is seeking an experienced backend leader to own quarterly objectives for a data-heavy infra team. You will guide engineers through ambiguity, collaborate with product and analytics, and drive reliable, scalable services across AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Expertise with Iceberg, Flink, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake and Terraform is valued. This remote-first role is open to qualified candidates across multiple Canadian provinces.