Staff Technical Program Manager, AI-First Onboarding

Affirm, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% covered health premiums for you &

Monthly tech/health stipends

Flexible time off and generous holiday

ESPP stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a collaborative Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Onboarding to build an AI-first onboarding experience that helps new engineers become confident, effective builders.

You will create the technical learning, practical support, and community that enable engineers to understand affirm’s systems, ship, and grow their impact. The role involves partnering with Engineering, Learning, Recruiting, IT, Facilities, Finance, and regional teams to ensure every cohort has

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience as a technical leader in a software engineering organization.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, code review, testing, CI, deployment.
• Proven ability to design and improve engineering onboarding and learning programs.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear plans and playbooks.
• Ability to influence partners without direct authority.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own design and delivery of Engineering onboarding for North America and EMEA.
• Lead hands-on learning experiences at the San Francisco office and virtual regional programs.
• Partner with Eng leaders across Developer Productivity, SRE, Security, Architecture, and Product to maintain onboarding content.
• Translate AI-first practices into onboarding content covering agent-assisted dev, code review, testing, CI, deployment, observability, and prod support.
• Create clear onboarding plans to help new engineers contribute quickly.
• Coordinate with Recruiting, Learning, People Ops, IT, Facilities, Finance, and regional partners for access and setup.
• Gather feedback and continuously improve onboarding content and experience.

Skills

AI-assisted development

Code review

Testing

CI/CD

Observability

Incident response

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a collaborative Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Onboarding to build an AI-first onboarding experience that helps new engineers become confident, effective builders.

You will create the technical learning, practical support, and community that enable engineers to understand affirm’s systems, ship, and grow their impact. The role involves partnering with Engineering, Learning, Recruiting, IT, Facilities, Finance, and regional teams to ensure every cohort has