Staff Software Engineer
PayPal
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This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $195,081–$251,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $260k versus about $223k for comparable roles.
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Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending
Affirm currently has 60 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$255,000 across 60 roles with salary data.
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Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration) joins the Continuous Integration team to ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of development pipelines across multiple services and platforms. The role involves designing and optimizing systems for automated testing, build orchestration, and deployment while implementing monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes. You will work closely with engineering teams to identify developer pain points, improve productivity through automation, and evangelize CI/CD practices. Key responsibilities include mentoring other engineers and aligning infrastructure with broader product goals. The role requires expertise in modern build systems like GitHub, Buildkite, and Artifactory, alongside experience with cloud-native environments including AWS and Kubernetes. Candidates should possess a strong programming background in Python, Kotlin, or Java, along with proficiency in managing build systems for large monorepos and infrastructure-as-code practices to solve complex system challenges.
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