Full-Time

Manager – Software Engineering

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Affirm

1,001-5,000 employees

Buy now, pay later financial services

Data & Analytics

Financial Services

Consumer Goods

Senior

Chicago, IL, USA

Requirements

1+ years managing high performing engineering teams
7+ years in software engineering roles
Fluency in back end development
Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining enterprise scale products
Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
Prior experience in a fintech or in the financial industry in general a plus

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team responsible for payment routing to merchant and investor partners
Mentor engineers to improve designs, code quality, and testing
Own availability and performance of team's systems
Design and build clean APIs for current and future use cases
Develop internal API documentation and test environments for rapid product development
Collaborate with various engineering teams and critical stakeholders
Build relationships and engage with management across the USA and Europe

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.

We build honest financial products to improve user’s lives. We are looking for a highly motivated Engineering Manager with a track record of leading high performing engineering teams. You will own our mission-critical Disbursements systems, which are responsible for ensuring our merchant and investor partners are paid on time and correctly. Each day, these highly-complex systems move over $100 million to hundreds of thousands of Affirm’s partners! Top candidates should have a long-term system health mindset, with the understanding that ensuring the proper function of these systems is your primary responsibility.

What You’ll Do

Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team responsible for payment routing to our hundreds of thousands of merchant and investor partners.
Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing.
Own availability and performance of your team’s systems.
Partner with product managers to design and build clean APIs which can serve current and future use cases.
Work with your team to develop beautiful internal API documentation and test environments to enable rapid financial product development
Partner with a diverse set of engineering teams who build financial products and perform financial transactions at the company.
Collaborate with critical stakeholders across the company, including Accounting, Capital Markets, Treasury, and more.
Build relationships and engage with management across the USA and Europe.

What We Look For

1+ years managing high performing engineering teams
7+ years in software engineering roles
Prior experience growing and managing a high performing engineering team.
Fluency in back end development.
Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining enterprise scale products.
Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.
Prior experience in a fintech or in the financial industry in general a plus
Please note that this is a role based out of the greater Chicago area. We do not sponsor relocation.

Pay Grade - USA 31

Employees new to Affirm or promoted into a new role, typically begin in the min to mid range.

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year:

Min: $190,000

Mid: $237,500

Max: $284,900

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year:

Min: $171,000

Mid: $213,000

Max: $256,500

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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. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Affirm offers a buy now, pay later service that allows consumers to make purchases and pay over time with transparent financial products. The main technologies used include JavaScript for the app, with a focus on improving consumer lives through transparent financial products.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$2.9B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 1%

1 year growth

↓ -2%

2 year growth

↓ -4%

Benefits

Spending wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses

Supportive communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups

Remote-first workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country

Generous time off: Take the time you need when life happens

Health benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs

Mental healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs

Parental leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay.

Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.

Away days: We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge.

Learning & development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.