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.
• Contribute to and help drive the vision for continuous integration and developer productivity infrastructure.
• 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).
• 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.

Skills

• Proficiency with managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepos.
• Active contributor to open source projects or previous experience with large-scale software development at a leading tech company is a plus.

Benefits

• Base Pay Grade - P
• Equity Grade - 13
• Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
• Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
• Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company!
• The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment.
• A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
• We are extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount