Staff Software Engineer (Service Infrastructure)

TN Spain; País Vasco; A distancia; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative firm is on the lookout for a Staff DevOps Engineer to join their Service Infrastructure team. In this pivotal role, you will ensure the health and scalability of large-scale infrastructure systems while collaborating closely with product and platform engineering teams. Your expertise in coding, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure as code will be crucial in maintaining high availability and reliability for services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a company that values transparency and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including wellness days and flexible spending options, while fostering a culture of mentorship and community engagement.

Servicios

Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food, and lifestyle

Wellness days

Parental leave

Employee Resource & Community Groups

Formación

• 9+ years of industry experience, including 5+ years as DevOps.
• Proven coding skills in Python, Golang, or Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure high availability of cloud infrastructure and optimize Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage infrastructure using best practices of infrastructure as code.
• Design monitoring systems to ensure service stability.

Conocimientos

Python

Golang

Kotlin

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Monitoring Solutions (e.g., Prometheus, ELK)

Cloud Networking

Herramientas

Terraform

CI/CD Systems

Artifact and Container Repositories

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Staff Software Engineer (Service Infrastructure) Client :

Affirm, Inc.

Location : Spain

Job Category : Other

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Posted :

30.03.2025

Expiry Date : 14.05.2025

Job Description :

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 looking to hire a Staff DevOps Engineer in the Service Infrastructure team. This is a mission-critical role focused on ensuring our large-scale infrastructure systems are healthy, automated, and designed to scale. You will partner closely with product and platform engineering teams to maintain high availability and reliability SLAs for Affirm services. We seek engineers with a strong coding or operations background and a passion for scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure, who pride themselves on creating self-healing, resilient, and secure infrastructure.

What you’ll do :

1. Analyze and review internal Affirm applications to design and implement improvements.
2. Ensure high availability of our cloud infrastructure.
3. Optimize Kubernetes clusters and resources within.
4. Manage infrastructure using best practices of infrastructure as code.
5. Secure business continuity and compliance needs through secure and resilient infrastructure.
6. Provide self-service solutions for Affirm engineers to streamline their work.
7. Write high-quality, testable, and easily digestible code that will serve as best practice templates.
8. Review others' code and designs and provide constructive feedback to meet our high-quality standards.
9. Design, create, and expand monitoring and visibility systems to ensure the stability of our team's services.
10. Serve as a technical resource across engineering, especially in guiding product development teams in areas of performance, reliability, and scalability.
11. Provide daily and on-call support to other engineering teams.
12. Optimize Affirm systems and code for cost efficiency, security, and compliance.
13. Participate in on-call rotation as a requirement.

What we look for :

1. At least 9 years of industry experience, including 5+ years as DevOps.
2. Proven coding or scripting skills, preferably Python, Golang, or Kotlin.
3. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes.
4. Experience in public cloud (preferably AWS).
5. Design and development of highly available systems (99.999%+ SLA).
6. Infrastructure as code - preferably Terraform.
7. Mentoring and enabling other engineers.
8. Extensive knowledge of monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, ELK).
9. Coaching, public speaking, managing communities.

Additional skills :

1. Developing multi-region cloud solutions.
2. Solid experience in cloud networking - both on cloud and within Kubernetes.
3. Experience with databases and optimizing database usage within infrastructure.
4. Good knowledge of SDLC tooling, including CI / CD systems, artifact and container repositories.

Base Pay Grade : P

Equity Grade : 6

Employees new to Affirm typically start at the beginning of the pay range. Affirm provides a transparent pay structure based on factors like location, experience, and skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, as well as benefits such as medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents. Employees may also be eligible for equity rewards from Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

Additional benefits include :

• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food, and lifestyle.
• Wellness days to take off work and recharge.
• Parental leave.
• Employee Resource & Community Groups.

Location : Remote Spain

Visa sponsorship is available for this role, but candidates must be based in Spain.