Architect scalable Kubernetes infrastructure with Affirm as a Senior Staff Software Engineer, working remotely across Canada on EKS platform reliability.

This senior technical leadership role shapes the Compute Platform supporting Affirm’s financial products. You will guide EKS architecture, Terraform automation, workload safety, observability, and operational excellence across a global fleet. The work spans cluster lifecycle, shared components, policy enforcement, and platform tooling.

Key Responsibilities:

- Architect EKS cluster lifecycle, node management, and shared components
- Lead Terraform and Spacelift provisioning, upgrades, teardown, and self-service workflows
- Enforce workload safety standards through automation and policy
- Establish observability, audits, reporting,



and risk measurement
- Mentor engineers and participate in Kubernetes on-call response

Requirements:

- 10+ years software or infrastructure engineering experience
- 6+ years operating production Kubernetes at scale
- Expert Go or Python proficiency building Kubernetes platform tooling
- Solid AWS architecture experience with EC2, VPC, IAM, and EKS
- Terraform, GitOps, policy enforcement, and observability experience

Lead EKS platform strategy at Affirm through Kubernetes expertise, infrastructure automation, workload standards, and technical leadership.

📌 Senior Staff Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 Affirm
📍 Montreal