Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

About the role

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. We are seeking a seasoned Staff Engineer to help drive our Continuous Integration (CI) team.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, scalability, and reliability of build and pipelines across multiple services and platforms.
• Ensure fast, reliable feedback cycles for developers by optimizing build times, test coverage, and reporting.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes for CI systems to minimize downtime.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure smooth integrations and deployment workflows.
• Identify developer pain points and lead initiatives to improve productivity through tooling, automation, and best practices.
• Evangelize CI/CD practices across the organization to raise engineering efficiency standards.
• Lead and mentor other CI engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Partner with engineering leadership to align CI systems with broader product and platform goals.

Requirements

• Proven experience driving and leading engineering efforts in CI, build systems, or developer productivity domains.
• Strong background in modern build systems (e.g. GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory, Bazel).
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Solid programming background (Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar) and ability to guide technical decision-making.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance long-term vision with short-term impact.

Qualifications

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Proficiency with managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos.
• Preferred experience in Bazel.
• Active contributor to open source projects or previous experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company is a plus.

Skills

• Passion for CI/CD and enhancing developer experiences.
• Proactive problem solver with a commitment to organizational growth.
• Ability to balance long-term vision with short-term impact.
• Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies.

Benefits

• Base Pay Grade - P
• Equity Grade - 13
• Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
• Simple and transparent pay structure based on a variety of factors including location, experience, and job-related skills.
• USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $230,000 - $290,000
• USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $204,000 - $264,000
• Remote-first company with the majority of roles being remote.
• Competitive benefits package including health care coverage, flexible spending wallets, time off, ESPP, and more.