Senior Director, Software Engineering; Machine Learning

Overview

Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning) – 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. Affirm seeks to hire a Senior Director to lead centralized Machine Learning capability and shape ML strategy across the organization.

• Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI e world-class Machine Learning modelers, platform and software engineers to execute on that vision.
• Own the core model development lifecycle and business outcomes across underwriting, fraud, servicing, and 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 the ML platform to support growing ML needs, with emphasis on training, tuning, and serving models.
• Establish a robust and efficient ML development lifecycle, fostering experimentation and fast learning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners outside engineering, including product, risk, servicing, legal and compliance.

• 15+ years of relevant experience in Machine Learning, AI, or related technical domains
• Experience leading centralized ML teams comprising ML modelers and ML platform engineers
• Proven track record of delivering key models that directly drive business outcomes and PnL
• Comfortable working in matrix organizations and influencing across multiple leaders
• Experience hiring, growing, and retaining talent
• Ability to stay current with the ML landscape and determine when to buy vs build, selecting tools and techniques that maximize business value

• Base Pay Grade – V
• Equity Grade – 21
• Base pay ranges: USA (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) $340,000 - $375,000 per year; USA (all other states) $305,000 - $340,000 per year
• Equity and benefits as part of total compensation, including health coverage, stipends, and 401(k)/ESP P plans
• Affirm is remote-first; most roles are remote with occasional office needs depending on role

• Health care coverage that covers premiums for you and dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, family-forming expenses, and lifestyle needs
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• Employee stock purchase plan at a discount

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Seniority level:
Director

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology

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