Manager, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)

About the Position

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.

The Ledger Engineering team enables rapid financial product innovation by providing an audit-grade ledger platform that ties ambitious company growth to a highly regulated industry's real-world accounting controls. We are passionate about building robust, fault-tolerant, highly scalable systems that enable us to be on-time and precisely accurate in every financial interaction we have both with our consumers and institutional finance partners.

We are looking for a Manager, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) to join our team. This role is fully remote within the US.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.
• Collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed.
• Act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes.
• Take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring you have the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing and alerting in place to support “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks.
• Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin, and 2+ years of experience managing a software team.
• Extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes.
• Experience in financial systems, ledgering, treasury or adjacent domains where data accuracy and system reliability are critical.
• Ability to manage a high performance team, delivering successfully by growing the team, coaching engineers, and aligning stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
• Either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

We Offer

• Competitive base pay range: $204,000 - $290,000 per year (depending on location).
• Comprehensive benefits package including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.
• Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to own a piece of what you build.
• Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars.
• Remote-first work environment with flexibility built in.

About the Company

At Affirm, we are committed to building an inclusive culture where Affirmers belong and have an equal opportunity to thrive. We are proud to be a remote-first company, offering roles that can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Most roles can be done remotely, with some positions requiring occasional in-person work at an Affirm office.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we’re happy to help.

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