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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Capacity Modeling)

Affirm
1 day ago
Full-time
Remote
Worldwide
Remote Engineering

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 Capacity Modeling team ensures Affirm can safely handle forecasted trafficβ€”especially during peak sales eventsβ€”by translating demand forecasts into concrete, testable capacity plans. They build and maintain statistical capacity models that map traffic inputs (e.g., checkout volume, app opens, batch/job activity) to resource outputs (CPU, memory, connections) and then convert those forecasts into recommended capacity settings such as pod counts, HPA ranges, and/or infrastructure sizing changes across regions and environments.
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The coverage of infrastructure resources includes not only Compute but also infrastructure such as ElasticCache, DynamoDB, AuroraDB, and more.


What You'll Do

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