Senior Kubernetes Policy Automation Engineer

Build Kubernetes policy automation for Affirm’s remote-first Canadian engineering organization, using admission control, infrastructure software, and shared standards. Drive compliance from day one.As a senior Workload Safety engineer, you will take standards from research through enforcement across Affirm’s EKS fleet. You will create self-service guidance, mentor engineers, and lead adoption across teams running services, batch jobs, and ML workloads. Your work will support availability, latency, risk, and cost decisions.Key Responsibilities:
Research and prototype workload safety standardsProvide onboarding and self-service guidance to engineering teamsBuild controllers, operators, or admission policy guardrailsLead design, code review, and operational readiness standardsAdapt Kubernetes community practices to Affirm’s needsRequirements:
Five-plus years of production Kubernetes experience at scaleExperience enforcing standards through admission control and policy-as-codeProficiency in Go or PythonTrack record leading initiatives across multiple teamsStrong written communication for adoptable standards and guidanceUse Kubernetes policy, Go or Python, and technical leadership to make Affirm’s EKS workloads safer and more consistent.
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