Drive EKS architecture, cluster automation, and AWS infrastructure strategy for Affirm’s globally shared financial-products platform. Work remotely first, with flexibility built in.
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will establish technical direction for more than 90 EKS clusters across environments and regions. You will standardize provisioning, upgrades, node lifecycle, and shared component delivery using Infrastructure as Code. Your scope includes capacity planning, cost strategy, observability, workload isolation, and collaboration with platform, product, SRE, and capacity teams.

Key Responsibilities

Define EKS cluster lifecycle and node-management strategyAutomate provisioning, upgrades, teardown, and remediation workflowsDrive node scaling, bin packing, and EC2 selectionEstablish audits,



metrics, reporting, and risk measurementPartner with workload teams to shape platform capabilitiesRequirements:
Proven complex platform delivery across 10+ engineering yearsSix-plus years operating production Kubernetes at scaleStrong AWS architecture across EC2, VPC, IAM, and EKSTerraform, Spacelift, and GitOps delivery experienceSystems thinking, leadership, and cross-functional influenceBring senior technical leadership to Affirm’s EKS infrastructure through AWS architecture, automation, capacity strategy, and operational excellence.
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📌 Staff Eks Infrastructure Architect (Winnipeg)
🏢 Affirm
📍 Winnipeg