Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Workload Safety) (Fully Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a skilled engineer to own and evolve workloads on our EKS fleet. You will lead cross-team initiatives and mentor engineers to raise the bar on reliability and scale.

Ideal candidates have extensive Kubernetes production experience and are fluent in Go or Python for infrastructure work, with a strong focus on operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years running Kubernetes in production at scale.
• Proficiency in Go or Python building infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve workload safety standards for Affirm's EKS fleet.
• Lead cross-team initiatives and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Job description

• Define and evolve workload safety standards for Affirm's EKS fleet.
• Lead cross-team initiatives and mentor other engineers.

What we look for:

• 5+ years running Kubernetes in production at scale.
• Proficiency in Go or Python building infrastructure.
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents.
• Flexible time off and employee stock purchase plan.

Affirm

Affirm offers consumers a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees. The engineering team is building large-scale, highly available global infrastructure, with a culture of technical design review and operational excellence.