Staff Backend CI/CD & Build Systems Engineer

Affirm; Dallas (TX); 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 (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is seeking a CI Engineer to enhance developer productivity through optimized systems and collaborative practices. The role involves ownership of design and scalability across multiple services.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in CI/CD systems and cloud-native environments. Affirm provides a competitive compensation package, full health coverage, and flexible remote work options.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving and leading engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity domains.
• Strong background in modern build systems.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipelines.
• Work closely across engineering to ensure smooth integrations.
• Contribute to and help drive the vision for CI and developer productivity infrastructure.

Skills

CI/CD best practices

Modern build systems

Cloud-native environments

Programming Languages (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Problem-solving

Education

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

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Bazel

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is seeking a CI Engineer to enhance developer productivity through optimized systems and collaborative practices. The role involves ownership of design and scalability across multiple services.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in CI/CD systems and cloud-native environments. Affirm provides a competitive compensation package, full health coverage, and flexible remote work options.