Senior Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Marketplace and Consumer Experiences)

Affirm, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 236,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and dependents

Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible Spending Wallets

Generous time off

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical excellence across core consumer experiences in Marketplace and Search, spanning iOS, Android, and Web.

This remote-friendly role collaborates with engineering leaders to define strategy and drive scalable, reliable features. You will mentor engineers, shape architectural choices, and work with stakeholders to deliver high-impact initiatives while maintaining a customer-first mindset and strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• Track record leading critical projects with cross-team influence.
• Experience defining technical strategy to improve reliability and responsiveness.
• Equivalent practical experience or a related Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead the vision and define long-term technical roadmap for Marketplace, Search, Ads Platform, and App Experiences.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to champion technical excellence and align with business results.
• Foster ownership culture with accountability for scaling and efficiency.
• Deliver user experiences that bring rapid customer value with reliability.
• Design and extend core platform components to enable new products.
• Advise on platform, tools, and technologies to ensure consistency and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural direction

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Stakeholder communication

Customer-first mindset

Code and systems proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Marketplace and Consumer Experiences)

Remote US

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 looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to take on a critical role in defining and leading technical excellence across core consumer experiences at Affirm, starting with Marketplace and Search. You’ll collaborate with engineering leaders, create and implement technical strategy across full-stack teams, and coordinate closely with stakeholders to build scalable, reliable, and high-performing solutions. You\’ll help shape best practices, guide architectural choices, and drive the successful delivery of critical initiatives.

This role requires a high level of technical ability, leadership and project management skills, strong cross-functional communication, and a customer-first mindset. You will be responsible for building and developing the technical strategy to unlock large-scale product features, building trust and accountability, and upholding technical excellence for our Marketplace domain within our engineering org.

The Marketplace domain is the main pillar of our core consumer strategy, driving the user journey across the Affirm ecosystem on iOS, Android, and Web platforms. The teams span across multiple products and areas to engage and provide value to our customers, starting with the initial landing page and Search, which expands into the various product offers and journeys a user can embark on with Affirm.

What You\'ll Do

• Lead the vision – Define the technical direction, long-term technical roadmap, and strategic initiatives in Marketplace, Search, Ads Platform, and App Experiences
• Work closely with stakeholders across all teams at Affirm to champion and implement technical excellence in conjunction with business results across all consumer facing experiences
• Create and influence a strong ownership culture across teams, with high accountability and investment for building for scale and efficiency
• Guide and deliver critical user experiences that deliver customer value quickly and reliably
• Design, implement, and extend core platform components and functionality to enable new products and features to be built
• Architect and contribute to decisions on the right platform, tools, and technologies to support consistency and reliability
• Mentor and lead – Guide a strong group of engineers by championing best practices, and helping them grow

What We Look For

• Track record of successfully leading critical projects and leveraging multiple engineering teams across organizational boundaries for company-wide results
• Extensive experience developing and implementing technical strategy that drove prominent change in reliability and responsiveness
• Previous project management or people management experience: You know how to influence, effectively communicate, and coach others
• You embody an ownership mindset and help influence a similar culture to those around you
• Collaborative partnership across engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• You have a customer-first mindset: wanting to create the best-in-class experience for our customers, and understand how that translates into the right technical decisions
• You thrive in the ambiguity, and are comfortable diving into code and systems to understand how they work, potential dependencies, and how to constantly improve
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills that can help influence and share critical decisions with stakeholders
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Base Pay Grade- R

Equity Grade- 15

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: $265,000 - $325,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $236,000 - $296,000

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.

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.