Senior Staff Software Engineer (Online Infrastructure)

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Requirements:

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Infrastructure team.
• Shape and own Affirm’s strategy for managing and serving 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.