Staff Software Engineer (Service Infrastructure)

May 18

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Affirm

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We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company$1. !$1

eCommerce • Payments • Installment Loans • Millennials • Financial Services

1001 - 5000

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

Description

• Analyse, review internal Affirm applications to design and implement improvements • Ensure high availability of our cloud infrastructure • Optimise Kubernetes clusters and resources within • Manage infrastructure using best practices of infrastructure as code • Secure business continuity and compliance needs through secure and resilient infrastructure • Provide self-service solutions for Affirm engineers to streamline their work • Write high-quality, testable, and easily digestible code that will serve as best practice templates • Review others' codes and designs and provide constructive feedback to meet high quality standards • Design, create and expand monitoring and visibility systems to ensure stability of team's services • Serve as a technical resource across engineering, especially in guiding product development teams in areas of performance, reliability, and scalability • Provide daily and on-call support to other engineering teams • Optimise Affirm systems and code for cost efficiency, security, and compliance

Requirements

• At least 9 years of industry experience, including 5+ years as DevOps • Proven coding or scripting skills, preferably Python, Golang or Kotlin • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes • Experience in public cloud (preferably AWS) • Design and development of highly available systems (99.999%+ SLA) • Infrastructure as a code - preferably Terraform • Mentoring and enabling other engineers • Extensive knowledge of monitoring solutions (e.g. Prometheus, ELK) • Cost management • Coaching, public speaking, managing communities • Developing multi-region cloud solutions • Solid experience in cloud networking - both on cloud and within Kubernetes • Experience with databases and optimizing database usage within infrastructure • Good knowledge of SDLC tooling, including CI/CD systems, artifact and container repositories

Benefits

• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle • Generous time off policies • Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge • Learning & Development programs • Parental leave • Robust health benefits • Employee Resource & Community Groups • Potential sign-on bonus of up to 10% of base salary • Eligibility for creative tax benefits