Manager, Software Engineering (Fraud)

Rozgoo; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest. We seek an engineering manager to lead a team of six engineers on fraud decisioning systems, driving long-term technical roadmaps and a culture of accountability and innovation.

You will recruit, coach, and retain talent while setting OKRs and KPIs, collaborating across product, analytics, ML, compliance, and operations.

Qualifications

• 2-3+ years managing high performing engineering teams.
• Past experience in Fraud/Risk/Financial systems is a plus.
• Past experience building platform solutions is a plus.
• Solid engineering fundamentals and real world experience building scalable distributed backend services.
• Collaborative: cross functional collaboration with product managers, business partners, and engineering counterparts.
• Humility and self-awareness to navigate challenging situations.
• Passionate about Affirms Mission: "Deliver Honest Financial Products that improve lives".

Responsibilities

• Lead a dynamic team of engineers and recruit top talent.
• Collaborate with Product, Analytics, ML, Compliance and Operations to chart a long term technical roadmap.
• Establish OKRs and KPIs to direct engineering efforts and measure success.
• Coach and develop team members, providing thoughtful feedback.
• Maintain a culture of innovation, accountability, empathy, and execution.

Skills

Engineering management

Fraud/risk experience

Distributed backend

Cross-functional collaboration

People leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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.

Fraud Platform team builds out the next generation of Affirms Fraud Decisioning System. The team has a strong charter and is empowered to imagine, experiment and implement the cutting edge fraud defense solutions. We are looking for a passionate and skilled engineering manager to lead a dynamic team of 6 engineers. You’d have an opportunity to directly drive how equipped Affirms would be when it comes to protecting Affirms and our clients from the bad actors.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Product, Analytics, Machine Learning, Compliance, Operations and other engineering managers to develop a long term technical roadmap that meets stakeholder needs
• Recruit and hire talented engineers
• Hold a high technical bar with a bias towards longevity and simplicity via specification and architecture review
• Coach, develop, retain, and provide thoughtful feedback to team members
• Establish Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to set the engineering team’s direction and measure its success
• Build a strong engineering culture around innovation, accountability, empathy, and execution

What We Look For

• Experience: 2-3+ years managing high performing engineering teams
• Past experience in Fraud/Risk/Financial systems is a plus
• Past experience building platform solutions is a plus
• Technical: solid engineering fundamentals and real world experience building scalable distributed backend services
• Collaborative: track record of successful cross functional collaboration especially with product managers, business partners, and engineering counterparts
• Potential: ability to grow alongside a fast growing company and team
• Humble: you lead with the humility and self-awareness needed to navigate challenging situations
• Passionate about Affirms Mission: "Deliver Honest Financial Products that improve lives"
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 13

Employees new to Affirms typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirms 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 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: $225,000 - $275,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $200,000 - $250,000

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

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health care coverage - Affirms covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wa