Staff Backend CI/CD & Build Systems Engineer

Affirm; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); 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 CI Engineer to lead the design and reliability of CI systems to enhance developer productivity. You will collaborate with engineering teams and mentor fellow CI engineers, focusing on best practices and continuous improvement.

With a strong background in modern build systems and programming, you will contribute to the vision for developer productivity while enjoying the flexibility of a remote-first work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving and leading engineering efforts in CI or developer productivity.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments and infrastructure-as-code.
• Proficiency with managing build frameworks for large monorepos.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and reliability of build pipelines across multiple services.
• Lead initiatives to improve productivity through tooling and automation.
• Contribute to the vision for continuous integration and developer productivity.

Skills

Engineering leadership in CI

Modern build systems

Cloud-native environments

Programming (Python, Kotlin, Java)

Problem-solving

Open source contributions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Artifactory

Bazel

Job description

Affirm is seeking a CI Engineer to lead the design and reliability of CI systems to enhance developer productivity. You will collaborate with engineering teams and mentor fellow CI engineers, focusing on best practices and continuous improvement.

With a strong background in modern build systems and programming, you will contribute to the vision for developer productivity while enjoying the flexibility of a remote-first work environment.