Engineering Manager, Resilience & Production Validation

Affirm; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its Resilience Engineering team in Boise, Idaho. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring the safety and reliability of production systems through proactive validation techniques, including production load testing and chaos engineering. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading engineering teams, a strong programming background, and skills in developing platforms for safe production experimentation. Affirm offers competitive benefits and a transparent pay structure ranging from $200,000 to $250,000 per year depending on location. This position supports a remote-first work culture.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the vision for resilience engineering.
• Lead a team building platforms for safe production experimentation.
• Establish best practices for testing system limits and failure scenarios.

Skills

Production load testing

Chaos engineering

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Kotlin

Job description

Affirm is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its Resilience Engineering team in Boise, Idaho. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring the safety and reliability of production systems through proactive validation techniques, including production load testing and chaos engineering. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading engineering teams, a strong programming background, and skills in developing platforms for safe production experimentation. Affirm offers competitive benefits and a transparent pay structure ranging from $200,000 to $250,000 per year depending on location. This position supports a remote-first work culture.