Remote Senior Engineering Manager, Backend & Ledger Systems

Affirm, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Monthly tech and wellness stipends

Flexible time off and holidays

Job summary

Affirms (Affirm, Inc.) is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Manager to set and drive a year-long technical strategy for the Ledger Engineering team. You will lead cross-functional collaboration with product management, design and analytics to ensure sustainable, scalable and reliable backend systems for financial products.

The role requires strong leadership to grow and coach a high-performance team, with deep experience in AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes, and a background in financial

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale (Python/Kotlin).
• 2+ years in software team management and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the backend team on a year-long timescale and align with business goals.
• Collaborate across product management, design and analytics to ensure technical sustainability and informed trade-offs.

Skills

Backend systems design

Software team management

Cloud scalability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Affirms (Affirm, Inc.) is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Manager to set and drive a year-long technical strategy for the Ledger Engineering team. You will lead cross-functional collaboration with product management, design and analytics to ensure sustainable, scalable and reliable backend systems for financial products.

The role requires strong leadership to grow and coach a high-performance team, with deep experience in AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes, and a background in financial