Senior Director, Software Engineering; Machine Learning

Position: Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)
Overview
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.

At Affirm, we’ve been very successful in our mission in delivering honest financial products that improve lives. Machine Learning has played a significant part in helping Affirm deliver on that mission. 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.

What You’ll Do

Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI e 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.

What We Look For

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

Base Pay & Equity
Base Pay Grade - V

Equity Grade - 13

Base pay range per year: CAN base pay range per year: $270,000 - $310,000

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

Benefits

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents

Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses

Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off 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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Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

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