Senior Backend CI Engineer - Remote and Build Systems Leader

Affirm; Boston (MA); 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 seeking a qualified candidate for a role in Continuous Integration engineering, focused on enhancing developer productivity and optimizing build systems. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in CI, a strong programming background, and familiarity with cloud-native environments.

The position supports remote work, providing flexibility in work location while emphasizing integration with teams and agile practices. Attractive benefits include health care coverage, a generous stipend wallet, and competitive time-off policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in CI/build systems or developer productivity domains.
• Ability to guide technical decisions with a solid programming background.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code practices.

Responsibilities

• Own design, scalability, and reliability of build pipelines.
• Identify developer pain points and lead productivity improvements.
• Contribute to the vision for CI and developer productivity.

Skills

Driving engineering efforts

Modern build systems (GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, Bazel)

Cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes)

Programming (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Problem-solving

Managing build systems for large monorepos

Open source contributions

Education

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

Job description

Affirm is seeking a qualified candidate for a role in Continuous Integration engineering, focused on enhancing developer productivity and optimizing build systems. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in CI, a strong programming background, and familiarity with cloud-native environments.

The position supports remote work, providing flexibility in work location while emphasizing integration with teams and agile practices. Attractive benefits include health care coverage, a generous stipend wallet, and competitive time-off policies.