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. We’ve been very successful in delivering honest financial products that improve lives. The affirm card is a key part of that success and will continue to play an outsized role. We are seeking to hire a Director to lead the Card Platform and Experiences team.

• Set the vision for the Card Experiences and Platform team e world‑class full‑stack engineers to execute on that vision.
• Take ownership of our core engineering and business outcomes across our established 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 to 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.

• 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, growing, and retaining talent.
• Card related domain knowledge (credit/debit card, accounting, ledgering, open/closed loops, etc.) – great if you’ve worked in those areas.

Base Pay Grade: T
Equity Grade: 18

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $300,000 - $360,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $267,000 - $327,000

• Health care coverage – affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.
• Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for technology, food, various lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
• Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to rest and recharge.
• ESPP – an employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of affirm at a discount.

We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

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