Staff Frontend Engineer - Checkout Experience Leader

Affirm, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend, to set the technical direction for checkout experiences. You will lead frontend design, raise the bar for engineering quality, and drive fast, clear, and reliable checkout flows.

You will collaborate across product, design, and analytics, own operations and on-call readiness, and mentor engineers. This is a remote-first role with global impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing and architecting web apps with declarative UI frameworks (React or Vue).
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience delivering major features or components with a defined plan.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and large-system architecture.
• Strong collaboration and feedback gathering across teams.
• Excellent communication in a global engineering team.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (or practical experience).

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long horizon.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics for sustainability and trade-offs.
• Act as a force-multiplier by defining solutions and processes.
• Own team operations, monitoring, on-call, and playbooks.
• Establish code review and design standards and evangelize them.
• Mentor and develop team members through guidance and example.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

System architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend, to set the technical direction for checkout experiences. You will lead frontend design, raise the bar for engineering quality, and drive fast, clear, and reliable checkout flows.

You will collaborate across product, design, and analytics, own operations and on-call readiness, and mentor engineers. This is a remote-first role with global impact.