Remote Staff Backend Engineer – CI/CD & Build Systems

Affirm; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is looking for a CI Engineer to enhance our CI/CD practices and improve developer experiences. This role emphasizes collaboration with engineering teams to drive effective build systems and pipelines for continuous integration across multiple services.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in CI systems and modern build tools, with a proven ability to lead initiatives. Affirm proudly offers a remote-first work environment along with comprehensive benefits and competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving engineering efforts in CI or developer productivity.
• Strong background in modern build systems like GitHub and Buildkite.
• Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and reliability of build and pipelines across services.
• Work closely to ensure smooth integrations and deployments.
• Lead and mentor CI engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration.

Skills

Driving engineering efforts in CI

Modern build systems (e.g. GitHub, Buildkite)

Cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes)

Programming (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Problem-solving skills

Managing build systems for large monorepos

Active contributor to open source

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Bazel

Job description

Affirm is looking for a CI Engineer to enhance our CI/CD practices and improve developer experiences. This role emphasizes collaboration with engineering teams to drive effective build systems and pipelines for continuous integration across multiple services.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in CI systems and modern build tools, with a proven ability to lead initiatives. Affirm proudly offers a remote-first work environment along with comprehensive benefits and competitive pay.