Staff Backend CI/CD & Build Systems Engineer

Affirm; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; 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 is seeking a CI/CD Engineer to enhance developer experiences through building scalable and reliable pipelines. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills and a background in modern build systems including GitHub and Bazel.

This remote-first role allows flexibility across the United States and offers a competitive salary range of $225,000 to $275,000, along with comprehensive benefits including health care coverage and wellness stipends.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving engineering efforts in CI or build systems.
• Strong background in cloud-native environments and infrastructure practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on impacting projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, scalability, and reliability of builds across multiple platforms.
• Work closely across engineering to ensure smooth deployment workflows.
• Contribute to the vision for developer productivity infrastructure.

Skills

Driving engineering efforts in CI

Modern build systems expertise

Cloud-native environments

Programming in Python, Kotlin, Java

Problem-solving skills

Managing large monorepos

Open source contribution experience

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 to enhance developer experiences through building scalable and reliable pipelines. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills and a background in modern build systems including GitHub and Bazel.

This remote-first role allows flexibility across the United States and offers a competitive salary range of $225,000 to $275,000, along with comprehensive benefits including health care coverage and wellness stipends.