Remote Staff Backend Engineer – CI/CD & Build Systems

Affirm; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation time

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is looking for a CI/CD Engineer in Cleveland, Ohio to enhance developer experiences and optimize build systems. You will own the design and reliability of CI infrastructure, collaborating closely with engineering teams to ensure productive workflows.

The role requires strong experience with modern build systems and a solid programming background. Affirm offers a remote-first work culture with competitive compensation, including comprehensive health coverage and employee stock options.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving engineering efforts in CI or build systems.
• Strong background in modern build systems needed.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments required.
• Solid programming skills in Python, Kotlin, or Java.
• Problem-solving skills to drive long-term and short-term vision.
• Experience managing large monorepos preferred.
• Contribution to open source projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own design and reliability of builds and pipelines.
• Ensure fast feedback cycles for developers.
• Implement monitoring and incident responses for CI systems.
• Work with engineering for smooth integration workflows.
• Lead initiatives to improve productivity through tooling.
• Partner with leaders for alignment in CI systems vision.

Skills

Proven experience in CI, build systems

Strong background in modern build systems

Familiarity with cloud-native environments

Solid programming background (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Excellent problem-solving skills

Managing build systems for large monorepos

Active contributor to open source projects

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Bazel

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is looking for a CI/CD Engineer in Cleveland, Ohio to enhance developer experiences and optimize build systems. You will own the design and reliability of CI infrastructure, collaborating closely with engineering teams to ensure productive workflows.

The role requires strong experience with modern build systems and a solid programming background. Affirm offers a remote-first work culture with competitive compensation, including comprehensive health coverage and employee stock options.