Engineering Manager - Resilience & Production Chaos Testing

Affirm; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Resilience Engineering team in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this role, you will oversee the development of systems that ensure the reliability and safety of production systems. Responsibilities include defining the vision for resilience engineering, mentoring engineers, and implementing best practices for load testing and chaos engineering. Affirm offers a remote-first work option, health benefits, and a competitive salary range between $200,000 and $250,000 per year for this position in Nevada.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in reliability or infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with production load testing and chaos engineering.
• Strong understanding of failure modes in distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive vision for resilience engineering.
• Mentor engineers and build platforms for safe production experimentation.
• Establish best practices for testing system limits in production.

Skills

Leadership

Production load testing

Chaos engineering

Reliability engineering

Programming (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Distributed systems knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Resilience Engineering team in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this role, you will oversee the development of systems that ensure the reliability and safety of production systems. Responsibilities include defining the vision for resilience engineering, mentoring engineers, and implementing best practices for load testing and chaos engineering. Affirm offers a remote-first work option, health benefits, and a competitive salary range between $200,000 and $250,000 per year for this position in Nevada.