Manager, Software Engineering (Marketing and Privacy Engineering)

Affirm; United States; Remote; USD 127,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for dependents

Tech stipend

Equity rewards

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Marketing and Privacy Engineering (MPE) team. You will lead two pillars—Marketing and Consumer Privacy Engineering—working to build privacy-aware consumer web experiences and measurement systems.

You will partner with product managers and tech leads to translate priorities into clear plans and roadmaps. You will guide engineering strategy across Logged-Out Web, web experiments, marketing integrations, attribution, measurement, consent, and privacy

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead software engineering teams across multiple pillars.
• Strong communication skills with cross-functional partners.
• Experience with consumer web platforms and measurement systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with privacy regulations and privacy-by-design practices is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and support engineers across Marketing and Consumer Privacy pillars.
• Define and optimize operating models for the MPE team to align priorities and ownership.
• Collaborate with Product and tech leads to translate priorities into engineering roadmaps.
• Guide strategy and execution across web platforms, experiments, tagging, consent, and privacy experiences.

Skills

Leadership & people mgmt

Communication

Experience with consumer web platforms

Privacy engineering

Job description

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About the Engineering team

The Engineering team builds systems that power Aff... talent across the industry, or developing seamless servicing experiences, our focus is on solving complex problems through exceptional engineering.

About the role

As Engineering Manager for the Marketing and Privacy Engineering (MPE) team, you’ll lead two engineering pillars - Marketing and Consumer Privacy Engineering - under a shared mission to build trusted, privacy-aware consumer web experiences and measurement systems that enable sustainable growth.

What you’ll do

Lead, develop, and support engineers across the Marketing and Consumer Privacy pillars, creating an environment where they can do their best work, grow their craft, and take on greater responsibility.

Establish and continuously improve a shared operating model for MPE that unites Marketing and Privacy around a common mission while creating clarity around each pillar’s priorities, technical ownership, decision‑making, and ways of working.

Partner closely with the Product Manager and technical lead for each pillar to translate product and business priorities into clear engineering plans and deliver against their respective roadmaps while maintaining alignment to MPE’s shared mission.

Guide engineering strategy and execution across Logged‑Out Web, web experimentation, marketing integrations, attribution and measurement, consent, privacy experiences, and consumer data collection.

Build strong partnerships across Engineering, Product, Marketing, Privacy, Legal, and adjacent engineering teams, establishing clear ownership and reliable ways of working across shared systems such as client‑side and server‑side tagging and measurement infrastructure.

Enable privacy‑aware engineering by ensuring consent, cookies, tagging, and consumer data collection are considered as part of solution design and by creating alignment where growth, measurement, and consumer privacy intersect.

Hold the team accountable for delivering reliable, scalable solutions while balancing engineering quality, customer needs, business priorities, speed, and appropriate risk.

What we look for

Experience managing and developing software engineers, with a track record of building collaborative, high‑performing teams through coaching, candid feedback, and accountability.

Strong software engineering foundation and technical judgment, ideally with experience leading teams responsible for consumer‑facing or high‑traffic web platforms and complex systems or integrations.

Experience translating product and business priorities into engineering plans and leading execution across distinct technical domains, product partners, and roadmaps toward a shared mission.

Ability to build alignment across Product, Engineering, and other cross‑functional stakeholders, with strong communication skills and the ability to make complex technical topics clear to technical and non‑technical audiences.

Sound judgment navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, dependencies, and risk, with a focus on engineering quality and operational excellence while balancing reliability, scalability, speed, and business needs.

Experience with marketing technology, web experimentation, analytics, attribution, instrumentation, or measurement systems is a plus.

Familiarity with global privacy and data protection requirements such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the Australian Privacy Act (APPs), and/or experience with privacy‑aware systems such as consent management, cookies, tagging, data collection, or consumer privacy experiences, is a plus.

This posting is for an existing vacancy

This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

Base Pay Grade -

Equity Grade - 7

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Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidised medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependants). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Aff...).

CAN base pay range per year: $ span 181,000 - $ span 241,000 CAD.

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Remote‑first with flexibility built in Aff...).

Benefits designed for you Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:

Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Aff...).

We’re committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we’re happy to help.

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