Specialty
The role
Affirm is hiring a senior backend engineer in the US for its Workload Safety team, which defines and automates standards for running workloads on its large Amazon EKS fleet. The role is remote within the United States.
What you will do
- Define and evolve workload safety standards for the EKS fleet
- Build automation and policy guardrails so new workloads comply by default
- Isolate workloads by criticality and fix node lifecycle problems
- Determine safe cluster operating limits and scaling patterns
- Lead cross-team initiatives and mentor engineers
What they ask for
- 5+ years running Kubernetes in production at scale, ideally Amazon EKS
- Experience with admission control and policy-as-code (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
- Experience quantifying how infrastructure changes affect availability, latency and cost
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
What they offer
- Equity rewards
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech
- Fully subsidized medical, dental and vision cover
This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Affirm's careers page behind the apply button.
