Staff CI Engineer - Build Systems & Dev Productivity

Affirm; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 251,000 - 334,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech stipends

Generous time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a seasoned Staff Engineer to lead the CI/DevOps era, ensuring reliable, scalable pipelines across services. You will drive build orchestration, automated testing, and deployment optimization while mentoring CI engineers and aligning with product goals.

The role emphasizes collaboration, open-source contributions, and a strong focus on developer experience within a remote-first, flexible environment. Base pay ranges reflect location-based compensation and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading CI/build engineering teams or similar roles.
• Strong background with modern build systems and developer productivity tooling.
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipelines across services and platforms.
• Improve feedback loops by optimizing build times, test coverage, and reporting.
• Implement monitoring and incident response for CI systems to minimize downtime.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure smooth integrations and deployment workflows.

Skills

CI/CD

Build systems

GitHub/Buildkite/Artifactory

Cloud/AWS & Kubernetes

Programming: Python/Kotlin/Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Affirm is seeking a seasoned Staff Engineer to lead the CI/DevOps era, ensuring reliable, scalable pipelines across services. You will drive build orchestration, automated testing, and deployment optimization while mentoring CI engineers and aligning with product goals.

The role emphasizes collaboration, open-source contributions, and a strong focus on developer experience within a remote-first, flexible environment. Base pay ranges reflect location-based compensation and equity opportunities.