or apply directly on Affirm's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Affirm's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 69% of Affirm's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Affirm
- high 204 stale, 5 reposted of 205 open
- Hiring momentum
- 283 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Affirm's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Affirm.
About this role
The Manager of Software Engineering for Resilience Engineering at Affirm will lead a team focused on ensuring the reliability and safety of production systems through proactive validation techniques like load testing and chaos engineering. The role involves defining the vision for resilience engineering, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with various teams to embed resilience practices into the software development lifecycle while ensuring strong safeguards and observability for resilience experiments.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Affirm as an employer.
What you need
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in reliability, infrastructure, or distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with production load testing, chaos engineering, or large-scale system validation
- Experience with leveraging a chaos engineering vendor such as Gremlin, Harness, or something similar
- Strong understanding of failure modes in distributed systems, including latency, partial failure, and cascading outages
- Experience building or operating systems with strong safety guarantees (isolation, rate limiting, guardrails, auditability)
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and observability tooling
What you get
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) that allows buying Affirm stock at a discount
Worth weighing
- Remote-first company with some positions requiring in-person work occasionally
- Base pay range varies significantly by location, with higher ranges in specific states
- No specific mention of career advancement opportunities or team size
Summarised from Affirm's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Affirm on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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