Senior Sales Engineer

Affirm, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first compensation structure

Remote work flexibility

Generous time off

Health benefits and mental healthcare

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to combine technical skills, strong communication, and problem solving to design scalable, reliable merchant solutions on the Affirm platform.

You will lead technical discovery, analyze requirements, and identify well-architected solutions to win deals and drive business forward, serving as a trusted advisor to customers and collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Sales Engineering, Solution Architecture, or related roles
• Strong expertise in API integrations and checkout/payments
• Excellent communication and ability to articulate complex concepts
• Experience with e-commerce, payments, and fintech
• Willingness to travel up to 30%

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and analyze requirements to propose well-architected solutions
• Act as trusted technical advisor to enterprise merchants on affirm platform
• Develop merchant solutions with cross-functional teams (Sales, Engineering, Product)
• Design end-to-end integrations including complex customizations
• Providing technical risk assessment and scalable engagement models

Skills

Sales engineering

Solution architecture

API integrations

Enterprise payments

Pre-sales

Travel up to 30%

Customer advocacy

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical storytelling

Education

BA/BS in business or technology

Job description

• As a Senior Sales Engineer, you’ll combine your technical aptitude, exceptional communication skills, and creative problem solving to help enterprise merchants design and implement scalable, reliable solutions on the affirm platform
• You’ll support pre-sale activities by leading technical discovery, analyzing requirements, and identifying well-architected solutions, while playing a key role in winning deals and driving the business forward
• Senior Sales Engineers are part of the Merchant Engineering team and work closely with affirm’s Sales, Engineering, and Product teams. You will work cross-functionally to develop merchant solutions, serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, identify product enhancements, and help build internal processes that scale
• Technical Expertise: Serve as the subject matter expert on affirm’s integration solutions, demonstrating deep understanding of merchant checkout, customer journeys, and the competitive landscape. Making the most compelling technical case for affirm to merchants
• Consistently demonstrate your technical expertise and knowledge of affirm’s product suite through developing and articulating compelling technical narratives that map affirm’s capabilities to merchant systems, increasing solution scope and long-term platform adoption
• Solution Development: Architect elegant solutions addressing specific customer challenges, including complex integrations and customizations. As necessary, think outside-the-box to design and architect end-to-end solutions that address complex merchant challenges, including advanced integrations and customizations
• Evaluate tradeoffs across merchant constraints, platform capabilities, and non-functional requirements, and design tailored solutions aligned with each merchant’s business and technical priorities
• Merchant Trust: You will be responsible for building the trust of your technical counterparts, both internally and externally, while also fostering long term relationships with our Enterprise & Key merchants
• Partner Success: Partner with sales and partner engineering teams to drive opportunities for our largest customers, leading solution strategy and laying groundwork for successful implementations
• Product Influence: Act as the “voice of the customer,” providing actionable insights to influence product development and feature prioritization to product management at affirm
• Knowledge Scaling: Create and share best practices, reusable assets, and training materials to enhance go-to-market efficiency
• Sales Support: Provide technical & architectural input into sales planning and forecasting, identify technical risks and constraints early, and collaborate with Sales Operations to design scalable, repeatable technical engagement models. Work with Sales operations to build and refine scalable business processes
• Market Engagement: Develop pre-sales support material and documentation for new products and features
• Demo Development: Build and present custom demos as required

Benefits

• Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
• Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
• Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
• Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
• Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
• Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
• Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
• Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
• Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
• Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth

• 4+ years of experience in 4+ years in Sales Engineering, Solution Architecture, Partner Engineering, Solutions Engineering, technical sales or pre-sales roles, focusing on solution architecture and best practicesPassion for customer success and dedication to championing the customer voiceWillingness to travel up to 30% of the timeStrong technical acumen in API integrations, SaaS platforms, and enterprise architectures, with particular emphasis on Checkout processes and payment systemsProven ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, work independently and drive projects to completion with minimum guidance and high attention to detailSolid understanding of financial infrastructure industry trends and emerging technologiesBA/BS degree in business/technology, or equivalent technical account management experienceExcellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiencesExtensive experience with Ecomm, In-Store, Telesales etc. checkout & payment solutions3+ years of current experience in the payments, fintech, or closely related industryPassion and drive to change consumer checkouts & payments for the betterExperience architecting solutions & technically positioning them with prospects for e-commerce platforms, payment gateways, in-store point of sale systems etcKeen technical mind comfortable writing scripts in at least one programming languageExecutive presence and strong relationship-building skills