Lead resilience engineering at affirm through production load testing and chaos engineering in a remote-first environment with flexibility built in. As Engineering Manager, you will lead the Resilience Engineering team and shape practices for safely validating production systems. You will build platforms for controlled experimentation, strengthen reliability, and partner with infrastructure, product, and security leadership. The work covers distributed systems, observability, and fault tolerance. Key Responsibilities:
Define affirm's resilience engineering vision and practices Lead engineers building safe experimentation platforms Design controlled load testing and fault injection systems Establish safeguards, rollback, monitoring, and incident response Drive reliability improvements through resilience experiments Requirements:
Experience leading reliability, infrastructure, or distributed systems teams Hands-on production load testing or chaos engineering experience Understanding of distributed-system latency and cascading outages Experience with isolation, rate limiting, guardrails, and auditability Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, observability, and programming Bring engineering leadership, production validation, and distributed-systems expertise to affirm's resilience-focused team.
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Resilience Engineering Manager in Kitchener employer: Affirm
At Affirm, we pride ourselves on being a remote-first employer that values flexibility and inclusivity, allowing our Machine Learning Engineers to thrive in a supportive environment. With comprehensive health coverage, generous time-off policies, and opportunities for professional growth, we empower our employees to take ownership of their careers while contributing to meaningful projects that redefine credit. Join us in a culture that prioritizes transparency and collaboration, where your contributions directly impact the future of financial technology.
