Staff Technical Account Manager, Affirm
£117-157k
+ ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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POS installment loans
Be an early applicant
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£117-157k
+ ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 7+ years in a client-facing technical role, such as a Technical Account Manager, Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer, or Integration Engineer, preferably within a SaaS or FinTech environment
- API Expertise: Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, webhooks, and the HTTP protocol. Hands-on experience using API testing tools like Postman to debug and validate integrations is essential
- Coding Literacy: Proficiency in reading and understanding production-level code. You should be comfortable with HTML, JavaScript and SQL and ideally one server-side language (e.g. Python)
- Web & Mobile Architecture: A solid grasp of modern web and mobile application architecture, including client-server models, front-end frameworks, and the role of SDKs
- Troubleshooting Acumen: Proven ability to diagnose and solve complex technical problems using a standard toolkit, including browser developer consoles, log analysis platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Chronosphere), and ticketing systems (e.g., Jira, Notion)
- Communication: Exceptional communication skills, with a deep command of the written word (please submit a cover letter when applying - we actually read them!)
- Education: Bachelor’s degree with a record of pushing yourself academically or equivalent practical experience
Desirable
- Degree in a technical major (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, etc.) or bootcamp grad
- Familiarity with the payments ecosystem
- Familiarity with web/mobile application architecture
- Comfortable writing code in at least one language
What the job involves
- As a Staff Technical Account Manager, you will be integral to the technical success of our largest merchants in a new geographical market, guiding their developers, product teams, and key business partners throughout the entire customer lifecycle.
- Your responsibilities will include solution selling and implementing our products into merchants' existing architectures, as well as providing ongoing support as they scale.
- You will not only help them mitigate potential issues but also empower them to leverage the full spectrum of Affirm’s offerings, translating business objectives into technical strategies and product optimizations.
- Technical Account Managers are part of the Engineering Team and collaborate closely with Affirm’s Product, Operations, Customer Success, and Frontline Technical Support teams
- Be the primary technical lead over a set of key merchants in a new geography. Be responsible for building the trust of your technical counterparts while also fostering long term relationships with all merchant partners
- Project Manage and provide world class technical guidance and solutions for new merchants’ integrations and post launch expansion initiatives; utilize and build on implementation guides, best practice playbooks, troubleshooting, and UAT certification plans
- Work closely with Commercial team counterpart(s) on establishing overall account strategy based on business goals and opportunities, and selling solutions to new prospects
- Support clients through their lifetime as Affirm partners; quickly resolve critical technical issues for your accounts; quarterback multi-departmental efforts to resolve complicated issues in a timely manner
- Provide early feedback to engineering and product teams while iterating on new products
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.
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