Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Load Testing)

Job Description

Affirm is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to enhance its capacity management and load testing capabilities. This role involves setting the technical strategy for the next generation of these capabilities and practices. The engineer will collaborate with the broader engineering organization to understand service load and develop next-generation capacity models and load testing frameworks. They will champion innovative, scalable solutions across the engineering organization, promoting a strong culture of innovation. What this role involves:

• Setting the technical strategy for capacity planning and load testing.
• Collaborating with engineering to understand service load.
• Developing next-generation capacity models and load testing frameworks.
• Championing innovative, scalable solutions.
• Promoting a strong culture of innovation.

What Affirm is looking for:

• Experience in load testing or capacity planning at a large organization.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing cluster management and load testing at scale.
• Successful track record leading complex engineering infrastructure projects.
• Ability to collaborate with senior staff engineers and architects.
• Strong communication skills.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience.

What Affirm offers:

• Health care coverage (100% subsidized).
• Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family forming expenses.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Employee stock purchase plan.