Engineering Manager, Resilience & Production Validation

Affirm; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Resilience Engineering team in Dallas, Texas. This critical role focuses on ensuring the reliability and safety of production systems through effective load testing and chaos engineering methodologies. The ideal candidate will lead and mentor a strong team, developing platforms and practices for safe production experimentation. An attractive benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare coverage and a flexible work environment. The financial compensation ranges from $200,000 to $250,000 per year depending on the location.

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

• Lead the Resilience Engineering team to ensure system reliability.
• Develop systems for safe production load testing and fault injection.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve resilience practices.

Skills

Production load testing

Chaos engineering

Distributed systems

Strong communication skills

Programming in Python, Kotlin, or Java

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Chaos engineering tools (e.g., Gremlin, Harness)

Job description

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Resilience Engineering team in Dallas, Texas. This critical role focuses on ensuring the reliability and safety of production systems through effective load testing and chaos engineering methodologies. The ideal candidate will lead and mentor a strong team, developing platforms and practices for safe production experimentation. An attractive benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare coverage and a flexible work environment. The financial compensation ranges from $200,000 to $250,000 per year depending on the location.