Head of Mobile App Infrastructure

Affirm; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 204,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech stipend

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager for the App Infra team. You will own the app architecture, building blocks, and processes to empower engineers to ship high-velocity, high-quality user-facing features for mobile apps.

You will define the vision and roadmap, lead a team of senior engineers, foster cross-functional alignment, and contribute hands-on technically to ensure reliability and performance at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on mobile app and web engineering experience.
• 3+ years with React Native.
• 3+ years managing and growing engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering consumer-facing mobile apps end to end.
• Experience scaling a mobile app to 1M+ MAU.
• Strong cross-team alignment and stakeholder management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the vision and roadmap for Mobile App Infrastructure Engineering.
• Lead and grow a team of senior engineers building a mobile app platform and tooling.
• Build trust and drive alignment across engineering, product, design, and leadership.
• Make hands-on technical contributions on a regular basis.

Skills

Mobile engineering

React Native

People leadership

Architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Performance & reliability

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager for the App Infra team. You will own the app architecture, building blocks, and processes to empower engineers to ship high-velocity, high-quality user-facing features for mobile apps.

You will define the vision and roadmap, lead a team of senior engineers, foster cross-functional alignment, and contribute hands-on technically to ensure reliability and performance at scale.