Director, Software Engineering

About the Role

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 delivered honest financial products that improve lives. The Affirm Card has played a significant part in helping us on that mission, and as we look to the future we expect the Card to continue to play an outsized role.

We are hiring 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 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 that grow and scale the business.
• Balance product expansion efforts with platform investments and scale the 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 and backend teams.
• Successful track record driving 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 is great to have – experience with credit/debit card, accounting, ledgering, open/closed loops, etc.

Base Pay Grade – T

Equity Grade – 18

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly 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: $300,000 – $360,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $267,000 – $327,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Occasional out‑of‑office travel may be required for some roles.

• 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, 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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Director

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology