Director, Software 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. At Affirm, we’ve been very successful in delivering honest financial products that improve lives. The AffirmCard has played a significant part in helping us deliver on that mission, and we expect it to continue to play an outsized role. We are seeking a Director to lead the Card Platform and Experiences team.

Responsibilities

Set the vision for the Card Experiences and Platform team at Affirm, hiring world‑class full‑stack engineers to execute that vision.

Take of our core engineering and business outcomes across our verticals – Card experiences, Card services Platform, and Card Loan platform.

Work closely with product and business leadership to drive key efforts to build card‑related capabilities that grow and scale the business.

Balance product expansion efforts with platform investments and scale our platform to handle high scale and a spectrum of eclectic use cases.

Run a robust development lifecycle establishing a culture for operational excellence, while experimenting and failing fast.

Work with a wide variety of cross‑functional partners outside of engineering ranging from product, analytics, risk, servicing, legal and compliance.

Qualifications

15+ years of relevant experience in software engineering.

Experience leading full‑stack teams and backend teams.

Successful track record driving key outcomes that drive the company’s success.

Comfortable partnering across disciplines and influencing across a wide variety of leaders.

Experience hiring and growing, and retaining talent.

Has card‑related domain knowledge. Great to have if you’ve worked on credit/debit card/card related areas including accounting, ledgering, open/closed loops, and more.

Compensation Base pay grade: T. Equity grade: 11. Base pay range per year: $238,000 – $298,000. Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. The total compensation package may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

Benefits

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.

Remote Work Policy 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. While most roles are remote, some may require occasional work out of the assigned Affirm office.

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Legal Notice 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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