Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Affirm
Data & Storage Services
$232-310k
Salary dependent on location. + ESPP
POS installment loans
Open for applications
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$232-310k
Salary dependent on location. + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Solid leadership and interpersonal skills
- 10+ years of experience in managing multiple diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross-functional technical programs
- Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery
- Depth in cache architecture and lifecycle management: tiered cache design, eviction and TTL policies, warm-up/priming strategies, consistency models, backpressure, and thundering-herd protection
- Track record operating low-latency, high-throughput storage and caching platforms in production: e.g., Redis or Memcached, DynamoDB and MySQL/PostgreSQL/TiDB/Cockroach/Vitess, multi-region topologies, and cross-region replication strategies
- Capable of mentorship, cross-functional project execution, and individual contribution
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset
- Experience in the data infrastructure domain and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- The Data and Storage Services team is responsible for handling all of Affirm’s Data (OLAP and OLTP) requirements and encompasses the entire range from critical online checkout databases all the way to our Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event Driven Frameworks, BI and analytics tools and systems
- Our mission is to provide trustworthy, intuitive, and cost-efficient solutions for Affirmers to secure, store, analyze, and transform data at exceptional scale
- We're looking for an experienced Engineering Leader to lead our growing Data and Storage Services organization, specifically our Online Storage team
- You will bring a wealth of experience in managing teams and success in delivering highly technical multi-quarter roadmaps
- You will also need to be fairly comfortable with ambiguity and possess tools to work through tough deadlines, craft strategy and drive execution
- You will be able to work with your teams, as well as product stakeholder teams, to define architectural/organizational future states that we can scale to in the future
- You will need to make balanced calls that align with our forward-looking vision and current business & technology critical needs
- Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven & inclusive culture to develop frameworks, systems, and tools for new Affirm products
- Oversee teams managing storage services including relational and key-value storage infrastructure and tools at scale
- Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity
- Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects
- Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners
- Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirm hiring brands
- Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within theOnline Storage team, shaping Affirm’s strategy for managing and serving relational and key-value storage workloads
- Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations
- In collaboration with tech leads, develop a multi year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirm products and business needs
- Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team
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.
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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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