Engineering Manager – Developer Environments & Productivity (Remote)

Affirm; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Developer Environments team in Detroit, Michigan. The role is pivotal in enhancing the end-to-end experience for engineers, focusing on platform support for provisioning, test execution, and automated infrastructure. Candidates should possess over 7 years of software engineering experience including 2 years in management, alongside strong skills in cloud-native systems and infrastructure. Affirm offers competitive compensation and benefits tailored to support its remote-first structure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Strong technical background in backend/infrastructure systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the vision for Developer Environments.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership.
• Own the design, scalability, and usability of the systems powering developer environments.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Leadership skills

Cloud-native systems (AWS, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure-as-code practices

Containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CI/CD systems

Job description

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Developer Environments team in Detroit, Michigan. The role is pivotal in enhancing the end-to-end experience for engineers, focusing on platform support for provisioning, test execution, and automated infrastructure. Candidates should possess over 7 years of software engineering experience including 2 years in management, alongside strong skills in cloud-native systems and infrastructure. Affirm offers competitive compensation and benefits tailored to support its remote-first structure.