The opportunity
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
What you'll do
You will lead and grow a well-balanced team of engineers: setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and developing each engineer toward their next level.
You will own the team’s technical strategy and multi-quarter roadmap, tying: it to major experience initiatives that build customer trust and move Affirm’s business, including large-scale redesigns and structural improvements to the identity verification journey.
You will empower your tech lead and engineers to hold the design and quality: bar, supporting them hands-on throughout technical design and cross-functional alignment.
You will own the availability, reliability, and performance of: consumer-critical systems – on-call, incident response, and reducing operational toil.
You will drive alignment across multiple organizations and influence roadmaps: on partner experience and foundational teams.
You will partner across Product, Design, and Analytics, and other Engineering: teams, building trust and taking part in cross-functional efforts.
What they're looking for
- You have 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years: managing and growing engineering teams.
- You have proven experience delivering consumer-facing software and driving execution through ambiguity.
- You have the technical judgment required to guide architecture, quality, and: reliability decisions, with the instinct to empower senior engineers to make the calls rather than making them all yourself.
- You have experience leading significant technical initiatives end-to-end,: ideally decoupling or re-platforming consumer-facing systems within clear time constraints.
