Manager, Software Engineering (Identity Decisioning)

Affirm; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Manager of Software Engineering to lead the Identity Decisioning team. This exciting role involves building backend systems that validate consumer identity while ensuring compliance with regulatory protocols. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend programming, team management, and cloud services, with a passion for fostering an inclusive and innovative engineering culture. Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes transparency and consumer empowerment in financial products, and be part of a mission to reshape the credit landscape.

Benefits

100% subsidized medical coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing high performing engineering teams.
• 7+ years in software development with backend programming proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Identity Decisioning team in building backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure technical sustainability.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Cloud Services (AWS)

Data Frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Airflow)

Team Management

Cross-team Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a Related Field

Job description

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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.

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.

We are looking for a Manager, Software Engineer to lead the Identity Decisioning team, responsible for building backend systems that validates consumer identity in all of Affirm’s products by satisfying regulatory protocols like KYC. The team partners closely with Product, Compliance, Auth, Fraud, and other engineering teams to deliver honest and transparent financial products that help consumers make their purchasing decisions. As we scale the company to be a cornerstone of all e-commerce and offline retail, it is an exciting time to join the team which sits at the core of this mission.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed
• Create a long term technical roadmap that enables the team to keep up with our fast growing business
• Coach, develop, retain, and provide build individual growth plan for the team members
• Establish OKRs and critical metrics to set the engineering team’s direction and measure its success
• Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing.
• Own availability and performance of your team’s systems.
• Build a strong engineering culture around innovation, accountability, empathy, and execution
• Actively participate in making their team and workplace an inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds.
• Build relationships with people across engineering and other organizations for the design, implementation, roll-out and maintenance of projects.
• Participate in hiring engineers and growing talent
  
  

What We Look For

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 3+ years managing high performing engineering teams
• 7+ years in software development roles with proficiency in backend programming languages like Python and Kotlin
• Prior experience in architecting, building, launching and maintaining enterprise scale products
• Experience with cloud service providers such as AWS
• Experience with data frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes and Airflow
• Prior experience growing and managing a high performing engineering team
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
• Prior experience in a fintech or in the financial industry in general a plus
• A humble team-player who places the needs of others first and participates in the development of peers on the team
  
  

Pay Grade - P

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 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. 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

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 - 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
  
  

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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