Remote Staff Backend Engineer – CI/CD & Build Systems

Affirm; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a CI/CD Engineer focused on enhancing developer productivity and leading engineering efforts in continuous integration. This remote-first role allows you to work from almost anywhere in the USA.

Responsibilities include optimizing build processes, improving tooling, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have a strong background in build systems and programming, with a passion for CI/CD practices. Affirm offers a competitive total compensation package including remote flexibility and comprehensive health benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Active contributor to open source projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipelines across multiple services.
• Ensure fast feedback cycles for developers by optimizing build times and test coverage.
• Contribute to driving the vision for CI and developer productivity infrastructure.

Skills

Engineering leadership in CI

Modern build systems knowledge

Cloud-native environments familiarity

Solid programming skills in Python/Kotlin/Java

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Bazel

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm is seeking a CI/CD Engineer focused on enhancing developer productivity and leading engineering efforts in continuous integration. This remote-first role allows you to work from almost anywhere in the USA.

Responsibilities include optimizing build processes, improving tooling, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have a strong background in build systems and programming, with a passion for CI/CD practices. Affirm offers a competitive total compensation package including remote flexibility and comprehensive health benefits.