Senior Staff Software Engineer (Reliability)
Description:
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
Join us to accelerate and ensure the resilience of Affirms ecosystem of honest financial products! We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build and evangelize Reliability practices throughout Affirms Infrastructure team and beyond.
Reliability Engineering at Affirm is a small yet crucial team, building out the SRE Central Model that creates reliability best practices, tooling, frameworks, and then drives their adoption across Affirm.
Our Vision is to enable all teams to operate what they own with excellence, while providing white-glove support for critical services that deliver our most impactful products to Affirms customers.
Requirements:
10+ years of software development experience, including at least one of the following: Python, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++, GoLang
... Expertise in synthesizing complex technical requirements, designs, trade-offs, and capabilities into clear decisions, and influence product direction
Ability to communicate decisions and practices to the engineering organization effectively
At least 5+ years of experience in at least two different SRE organizational structures
At least 5+ years of experience of hands-on work in infrastructure and scaling distributed systems
At least 5+ years of technical leadership on SWE and Reliability teams focussed on infrastructure, reliability, and software engineering at scale
Strong hands-on experience with k8s and AWS in a production environment
Experience in encouraging a strong engineering culture and improving reliability in a growing company, including the ability to work closely with other senior and staff engineers to drive change
Track record of successfully mentoring and developing technical leaders
Deep knowledge of incident management, post-incident review, and incident analysis
Expertise in developing and implementing effective Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelors degree in a related field.
Benefits:
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
Apply Now
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
Join us to accelerate and ensure the resilience of Affirms ecosystem of honest financial products! We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build and evangelize Reliability practices throughout Affirms Infrastructure team and beyond.
Reliability Engineering at Affirm is a small yet crucial team, building out the SRE Central Model that creates reliability best practices, tooling, frameworks, and then drives their adoption across Affirm.
Our Vision is to enable all teams to operate what they own with excellence, while providing white-glove support for critical services that deliver our most impactful products to Affirms customers.
Requirements:
10+ years of software development experience, including at least one of the following: Python, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++, GoLang
... Expertise in synthesizing complex technical requirements, designs, trade-offs, and capabilities into clear decisions, and influence product direction
Ability to communicate decisions and practices to the engineering organization effectively
At least 5+ years of experience in at least two different SRE organizational structures
At least 5+ years of experience of hands-on work in infrastructure and scaling distributed systems
At least 5+ years of technical leadership on SWE and Reliability teams focussed on infrastructure, reliability, and software engineering at scale
Strong hands-on experience with k8s and AWS in a production environment
Experience in encouraging a strong engineering culture and improving reliability in a growing company, including the ability to work closely with other senior and staff engineers to drive change
Track record of successfully mentoring and developing technical leaders
Deep knowledge of incident management, post-incident review, and incident analysis
Expertise in developing and implementing effective Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelors degree in a related field.
Benefits:
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
Apply Now