Senior Staff Software Engineer (Reliability)

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Requirements:

• 10+ years of software development experience, including Python, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++, or GoLang.
• Expertise in synthesizing complex technical requirements and influencing product direction.
• Ability to effectively communicate decisions and practices to the engineering organization.
• 5+ years in multiple SRE organizational structures.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure and scaling distributed systems.
• 5+ years of technical leadership in reliability and software engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with k8s and AWS in production environments.
• Experience in cultivating a strong engineering culture and driving reliability changes.
• Track record of mentoring and developing technical leaders.
• Deep knowledge of incident management and developing effective SLIs and SLOs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities:

• In coordination with senior ICs and stakeholder teams, create and champion a long-term technical roadmap for the creation and adoption of reliability practices across Affirm.
• Promote a culture of ownership, curiosity, and data-driven decision making.
• Elevate architecture, technical design, and code reviews focusing on resiliency, while coaching team members.
• Influence Infrastructure teams to deliver solutions that enhance customer experience.
• Drive and simplify cross-functional investigations around complex issues involving people, software, and systems.
• Engage with product management for insights on service and improved operational reliability.
• Support the growth of the Infrastructure organization by hiring and mentoring senior engineers.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Lead the implementation of incident management principles focused on human interaction with reliability systems.