Manager, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) (Fully Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% subsidized medical, dental, and v

Monthly stipends for tech setup and健康

Flexible time off, generous holidays,

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide a team building an audit-grade ledger platform. You will own the technical strategy and deliver a year-long roadmap, coordinating with product management, design, and analytics to align goals with business needs.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and ensure reliability through monitoring, testing, and triage rotations in a remote-first, US-wide environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building backend systems at scale.
• 2+ years managing engineers.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
• Background in financial systems, ledgering, or treasury where accuracy is critical.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software engineering team building an audit-grade ledger platform.
• Own technical strategy and delivery for a year-long roadmap.
• Drive collaboration across product management, design, and analytics.
• Ensure operational excellence with monitoring, triage rotations, and testing.
• Develop engineers through coaching, feedback, and leading by example.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

People management

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Financial systems domain

Job description

• Lead a software engineering team building an audit-grade ledger platform.
• Own technical strategy and delivery for a year-long roadmap.

How you'll contribute:

• Drive collaboration across product management, design, and analytics.
• Ensure operational excellence with monitoring, triage rotations, and testing.
• Develop engineers through coaching, feedback, and leading by example.

What we look for:

• 8+ years building backend systems at scale, plus 2+ years managing engineers.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
• Background in financial systems, ledgering, or treasury where accuracy is critical.
• 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents.
• Monthly stipends for tech setup and health/wellness.
• Flexible time off, generous holidays, and employee stock purchase plan.

Affirm

Affirm provides a clear, predictable way to pay over time through installment loans, with no hidden fees or surprises. It is a remote-first company that values transparency, flexibility, and employee well-being, offering comprehensive benefits and a collaborative culture.