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
Work across the org to plan and execute large, cross-functional initiatives,: including: project definition, technical specification, task break-down, delivery, monitoring, and maintenance.
Generate simple and elegant designs that are easily deployed and debugged,: but anticipate the unhappy path. Write high-quality code that can be easily understood and leveraged by others.
Review others’ work and provide constructive feedback in order to maintain: high and consistent quality standards across teams.
Lead and mentor engineers to help them succeed and grow. Provide the right: context to engineers and train them to take ownership of their respective pieces of the initiative.
Effectively incorporate needs and opinions from stakeholders, advocate for: ideas and initiatives, and create a common understanding where all voices are heard.
Conduct technical and soft skill evaluations to inform and influence the: hiring decisions. Develop and review the technical content and requirements of the interview process.
What they're looking for
- + years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities: and experience mentoring junior engineers.
- Prior experience architecting, building, launching, coding and maintaining complex systems.
- Passion for working with cross-functional teams including Product, ML,Analytics and Business teams.
- A technical leader and team builder who can mentor the team in software development best practices.