Manager of Software Engineering, Affirm
Fullstack (Repayment UX Engineering)
€103-139k
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1001+ employees
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€103-139k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- You have 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing and growing engineering teams
- You have proven experience delivering consumer-facing software and driving execution through ambiguity
- You have a track record of managing performance directly – setting clear expectations, giving candid feedback, and developing engineers toward results and growth
- You have the technical judgment required to guide architecture, quality, and reliability decisions, with the instinct to empower senior engineers to make the calls rather than making them all yourself
- You have experience leading significant technical initiatives end-to-end, ideally decoupling or re-platforming consumer-facing systems within clear time constraints
- You are familiar with modern full-stack development – declarative UI frameworks like React or React Native, and a backend-for-frontend behind them
- You have a calm, decisive presence through change and ambiguity – building alignment, resolving tensions, and leading others through complex decisions
- You are a humble, team-first leader who builds a high-trust, psychologically safe culture, while also prioritizing your own growth
- You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- We are looking for an empowering, accountable Engineering Manager to lead and grow Repayment UX
- You’ll set the team’s technical direction, taking ownership of their roadmap, delivery and on-call support
- You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Analytics, and other Engineering teams
- You’ll take a high-performing team anchored to their tech lead and give it dedicated leadership
- If you are passionate about creating world-class user experiences and excited by the challenge of directly owning a critical part of a fast-growing product – join us
- Help build the next generation of Affirm’s apps, improving people’s lives at scale
- You will lead and grow a well-balanced team of engineers – setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and developing each engineer toward their next level
- You will own the team’s technical strategy and multi-quarter roadmap, tying it to initiatives that build customer trust and move Affirm’s business
- You will empower your tech lead and engineers to hold the design and quality bar, supporting them hands-on throughout technical design and cross-functional alignment
- You will own the availability, reliability, and performance of consumer-critical systems – on-call, incident response, and reducing operational toil
- You will keep the team shipping in small increments, breaking large programs into sprint-sized milestones with clear, accountable owners
- You will partner across Product, Design, and Analytics, and other Engineering teams, building trust and taking part in cross-functional efforts
- You will guide the team to multiply their output through focus and leverage, including agentic AI
- You will drive hiring and onboarding to grow a diverse, high-performing team, and foster a culture of ownership, quality, and transparency
- On-Call Rotation - There would be an on-call rotation for this role as a requirement
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.
Serving over 21 million consumers and over 300,000 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.
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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.
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