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Senior Staff Software Engineer (Online Infrastructure)

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Lakewood, NJ Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2025

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Online Infrastructure)

Remote US

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.

The Online Infrastructure team is the backbone of Affirm engineering. We provide the Kubernetes-based platform, traffic engineering, and supporting services that run all of Affirm - enabling management, configuration, provisioning, and operation of our computing infrastructure. We deliver a platform for infrastructure and product engineering teams to run their workloads at scale. Our customers are not only Affirm users, but also other engineering teams at Affirm. We aspire to provide simple and self-serve interfaces that are used daily by every engineer at Affirm.

What you’ll do

  • Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Infrastructure team. You will shape and own Affirm’s strategy for managing and serving our computing workloads.
  • Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across the platform engineering and product engineering organizations.
  • Design and implement frameworks, services, and tools to handle new Affirm products and business needs that can securely scale across millions of users and their transactions.
  • Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team, promoting best practices in design, coding, and testing.

What we look for

  • 10 years of software development experience.
  • Proficient in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or other container orchestration technologies.
  • Experience with cloud-native traffic management, networking, and security concepts at scale (Istio, Cilium, eBPF).
  • Experience in designing and creating cloud-native CD systems with ArgoCD, Flux, or similar technologies.
  • Solid CS fundamentals and practical coding and debugging experience using modern software delivery methods to develop services with Python, Go, C , or JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala).
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or other cloud providers.
  • Familiarity with Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) is a plus. Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy, Istio, and Nginx, but we are open to exploring new technologies.
  • Have an enthusiastic vision for leading technical teams and mentoring other engineers.
  • You prefer leveraging, enhancing, and contributing to Open Source solutions rather than starting from scratch.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Base Pay Grade - R

    Equity Grade - 15

    Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

    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.)

    USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year : $260,000 - $310,000

    USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year : $232,000 - $282,000

    Location : Remote - US

    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. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

    We’re 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.
  • We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

    Remember to check your CV before applying Also, ensure you read through all the requirements related to this role.

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    Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.

    Salary : $232,000 - $282,000

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