Staff CI Engineer: Build Pipelines & Dev Productivity

Affirm; Victoria; On-site; CAD 181,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first with flexibility

Health coverage and stipends

ESPP stock plan

Flexible time off

Job summary

AFFIRM is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead our CI pipelines, build orchestration, and developer tooling. You’ll own design, scalability, and reliability of CI systems across services, driving fast feedback and high-quality software delivery.

You will mentor other CI engineers and define strategy for developer productivity, aligning CI with product goals. Ideal candidates have CI leadership experience, strong knowledge of GitHub, Buildkite, and Artifactory, cloud-native AWS/Kubernetes, and solid

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Active contributor to open source projects or previous experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company is a plus.

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.
• Lead initiatives to improve developer productivity through tooling, automation, and best practices.
• Evangelize CI/CD practices across the organization to raise engineering efficiency standards.
• Partner with engineering leadership to align CI systems with broader product and platform goals.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Kubernetes

AWS

Python

Java

Kotlin

Job description

AFFIRM is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead our CI pipelines, build orchestration, and developer tooling. You’ll own design, scalability, and reliability of CI systems across services, driving fast feedback and high-quality software delivery.

You will mentor other CI engineers and define strategy for developer productivity, aligning CI with product goals. Ideal candidates have CI leadership experience, strong knowledge of GitHub, Buildkite, and Artifactory, cloud-native AWS/Kubernetes, and solid