Senior Director of Software Engineering, Affirm
Machine Learning
CA$270-310k
+ESPP
More information about location
POS installment loans
Be an early applicant
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$270-310k
+ESPP
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of relevant experience in Machine Learning, AI, or related technical domains
- Experience leading centralized ML teams comprising of both ML modelers and ML platform engineers
- Successful track record in landing key models responsible for the company’s success that directly drive PnL
- Comfortable working in matrix organizations and influencing across a wide variety of leaders
- Experience hiring and growing, and retaining talent
- Keeps up with evolving ML landscape — understands when to buy vs build, and what tools/ techniques can drive the most business value
What the job involves
- As we look into the future, we expect ML to continue to play an outsized role. We are therefore seeking to hire a Senior Director to lead centralized Machine Learning capability at Affirm
- Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI at Affirm. Hire world class Machine Learning modelers, Platform and Software engineers to execute on that vision
- Take ownership of our core model development lifecycle and business outcomes across our established verticals – underwriting, fraud, servicing, personalization
- Work closely with product and business leadership to champion AI adoption in both existing and new products
- Balance ML investments across traditional ML and transformer based models
- Evolve ML platform to support our increasing ML needs across Affirm with a special emphasis on training, tuning and serving AI models
- Run a robust, yet shortened ML development lifecycle establishing a culture for experimenting and failing fast
- Work with a wide variety of cross functional partners outside of engineering ranging from product, risk, servicing, legal and compliance
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- 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
- Away Days: We offer 20 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
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
Share this job
View 112 more jobs at Affirm