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 successful in our mission delivering honest financial products that improve lives. Machine Learning has played a significant part in helping Affirm deliver on that mission. We are seeking to hire a Senior Director to lead centralized Machine Learning capability at Affirm.

• 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.

• 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 Grade - V

Equity Grade - 21

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $340,000 - $375,000. USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $305,000 - $340,000.

Affirm is remote-first. Most roles are remote; some roles may require occasional office work.

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - vacation and holiday schedules for rest and recharge
• ESPP - Employee Stock Purchase Plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We’re committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.
For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco, Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with local ordinances. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.

• Director

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology