Senior Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer

Lead Kubernetes infrastructure safety at Affirm remotely in Canada, using Amazon EKS, Go or Python, and production debugging expertise. Shape standards across more than 85 clusters.

As a senior engineer on the Workload Safety team, you will define how workloads run safely across Affirm’s global EKS fleet. You will guide resource management, disruption handling, policy automation, and operational readiness. The work spans research, prototyping, adoption, enforcement, and incident analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define workload safety standards for Affirm’s Amazon EKS fleet
• Build policy guardrails and automation for compliant workloads
• Lead cross-team initiatives through fleet-wide rollout
• Resolve stuck workloads and node lifecycle problems
• Measure standards’ effects on availability, latency, risk, and cost

Requirements:

• Five-plus years running Kubernetes in production at scale
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes resource management and scheduling
• Experience with admission control and policy-as-code
• Proficiency in Go or Python infrastructure software development
• Strong debugging, communication, leadership, and mentoring skills

Apply Kubernetes, EKS, policy automation, and operational expertise to strengthen Affirm’s workload safety across Canada.