Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)

Affirm; Canada; Remote; CAD 270,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in Canada is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering focused on Machine Learning. The role requires over 15 years of experience and offers a remote-first work environment. Responsibilities include setting the vision for ML and AI, overseeing model development, and driving AI adoption across products. The compensation package includes a base salary ranging from $270,000 to $310,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience in Machine Learning, AI, or related domains.
• Experience leading centralized ML teams.
• Track record in landing key models that drive business success.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI.
• Own core model development lifecycle and outcomes.
• Champion AI adoption in products.

Skills

Machine Learning

AI

Model development

Leadership

Job description

Overview

Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning) – Remote Canada

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

What You’ll Do

• Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI at Affirm. Hire 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 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

Compensation and Benefits

Base Pay Grade - V

Equity Grade - 13

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).

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

Remote Work

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. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

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

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