Manager, Release Engineering (Developer Productivity, CI / CD)

Manager, Release Engineering (Developer Productivity, CI / CD)

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Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Release Engineering team is part of Affirm’s Developer Productivity team and plays a critical role in ensuring that our services are built, tested, and delivered to production with speed, reliability, and safety. We design and operate release operations and processes that empower hundreds of engineers to confidently ship changes into the distributed systems that power Affirm’s financial products.

As a Release Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers and coordinators that run the pipelines, orchestration frameworks, and automation that power every release across the company. You will be responsible for scaling tooling and processes that underpin Affirm’s global platform while collaborating across engineering, product, and compliance teams to continuously improve how we deliver software at scale.

Responsibilities :

• Lead a team responsible for the end-to-end operation of releases at scale, ensuring services are delivered safely, reliably, and on time
• Define and execute the vision and roadmap for Release Ops, balancing speed, compliance, and stability across Affirm’s distributed systems
• Drive operational excellence by continuously improving release processes, incident response practices, and reliability during deployments
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to identify needs related to deployments and developer productivity
• Drive the strategic roadmap for expanding deployment safety and tooling by collaborating closely with CI / CD and other Developer Productivity teams
• Build and evolve release tooling, orchestration, and observability systems that reduce friction and eliminate risk in shipping software
• Set and uphold quality and compliance guardrails that meet both regulatory requirements and internal standards
• Coach, mentor, and develop engineers and release coordinators, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation

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What We Offer :

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. The majority of our roles are remote, and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment.

Affirm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities.

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