Senior Manager, Software Engineering; Orchestration Services

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Orchestration Services)

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The Data and Storage Services team is responsible for handling all of your Data (OLAP and OLTP) requirements and encompasses the entire range from critical online checkout databases all the way to our Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event‑Driven Frameworks, BI and analytics tools and systems. Our mission is to provide trustworthy, intuitive, and cost‑efficient solutions for your data at exceptional scale.

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Leader to lead our growing Data and Storage Services organization, specifically our Orchestration Services team. You will bring a wealth of experience in managing teams and driving highly technical multi‑quarter roadmaps.

• Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high‑performance, ownership‑driven & inclusive culture to develop frameworks, systems, and tools for new products.
• Oversee teams managing storage services including relational, key‑value, and analytics storage infrastructure and tools at scale.
• Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
• Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
• Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
• Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent the company’s hiring brands.
• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within Batch and Streaming teams, shaping the strategy for managing and serving orchestration workloads.
• Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations.
• In collaboration with tech leads, develop a multi‑year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new products and business needs.
• Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.

• Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience managing diverse, inclusive teams and delivering large cross‑functional technical programs.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
• Expertise in managing large‑scale, geographically distributed compute and data processing systems, including data lake solutions and Workflow Orchestration frameworks.
• Expertise in scaling frameworks such as Spark, Flink, Kafka on Kubernetes and cloud providers like AWS, leveraging storage systems such as AWS S3 and Apache Iceberg.
• Capable of mentorship, cross‑functional project execution, and individual contribution.
• Strong communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Experience in the data infrastructure domain and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to open‑source solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Pay Grade – R

Equity Grade – 15

Employees new to the company typically start at the beginning of the pay range. The pay structure is simple and transparent, based on location, experience, and job‑related skills.

Base pay is part of the 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: $260,000 – $310,000.

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 – $282,000.

Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company. The majority of roles are remote; you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. A limited number of roles remain office‑based due to the nature of their responsibilities.

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