Senior Manager Software Engineering (Lake Analytics Platform)

Affirm; Remote; CAD 206,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to manage the Lakehouse Analytics team. This role involves overseeing engineers, promoting a culture of empathy and inclusiveness, and driving the development of innovative tools and systems. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in management and a strong background in data infrastructure, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, with the flexibility to work remotely across Canada.

Benefits

100% subsidized medical coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible spending accounts

Competitive health care coverage

Time off

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in managing diverse teams and delivering technical programs.
• Capable of mentorship and individual project execution.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and managers to develop frameworks and tools.
• Oversee storage services and promote a culture of reliability.
• Collaborate with tech leads on architecture and delivery of projects.

Skills

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Data infrastructure experience

Communication skills

Technical mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

Flink

Kafka

AWS S3

Job description

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.

The Data and Storage Services team is responsible for handling all of Affirm’s Data (OLAP and OLTP) requirements and encompasses the entire range from critical online checkout databases to 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 Affirmers to secure, store, analyze, and transform data at exceptional scale. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Leader to lead our growing Data and Storage Services organization, specifically our Lakehouse Analytics team. You will bring extensive experience in managing teams and delivering technically complex multi-quarter roadmaps. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and possess tools to work through tough deadlines, craft strategy, and drive execution. You will work with your teams and product stakeholder teams to define architectural and organizational future states that we can scale to in the future and make balanced decisions aligned with our forward-looking vision and current business and technology needs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven and inclusive culture to develop frameworks, systems, and tools for new Affirm 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 Affirm hiring brands.
• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Lakehouse Analytics, Analytics Engineering and Privacy Engineering teams, shaping Affirm’s 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 Affirm products and business needs.
• Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.

What We Look For

• Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience in managing multiple diverse and 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 like Snowflake, Spark, Flink and 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 interpersonal, written, and verbal 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, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits & Additional Information

Pay Grade - R

Equity Grade - 9

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, employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $206,000 - $256,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. The majority of roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may be office-based depending on responsibilities.

Benefits include competitive health care coverage for you and your dependents, flexible spending accounts, time off, and an employee stock purchase plan. Affirm is committed to an inclusive interview experience and provides reasonable accommodations during the hiring process where needed.

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