Staff TPM - AI-First Engineering Onboarding

Affirm, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 204,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Stipends for tech setup

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Onboarding to craft an AI-first onboarding experience that helps new engineers become confident, effective builders. You will shape technical learning, hands-on support, and a community that enables engineers to understand Affirm’s systems, ship, and grow impact.

You’ll own onboarding design across North America and EMEA, lead hands-on sessions in San Francisco, and collaborate with Engineering, Dev Productivity, SRE, Security,

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience as a technical leader in a software engineering organization.
• Understanding of modern software development practices, including AI-assisted development, code review, testing, CI, deployment, observability, and incident response.
• Improved engineering workflows, technical learning programs, or operating practices through thoughtful program design, feedback, and cross-functional execution.
• Turn ambiguous problems into clear plans, playbooks, and operating rhythms.
• Technical judgment to earn trust with Engineering Managers and senior ICs, and to shape practical, credible onboarding experiences.
• Ability to influence and align partners across Engineering, Learning, Recruiting, People Ops, IT, Facilities, and other teams without direct authority.
• Clear communication and inclusive learning environments.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of Engineering onboarding for North America and EMEA.
• Lead hands-on learning at the San Francisco office with virtual and regional programming.
• Partner with Engineering leaders to build and maintain onboarding content.
• Translate AI-first practices into practical learning experiences (agent-assisted dev, review, CI, deployment, observability).
• Create role-specific onboarding plans to help engineers contribute early.
• Coordinate with Recruiting, Learning, People Ops, IT, Facilities, Finance, and regional partners for onboarding needs.
• Gather feedback and continuously improve onboarding content and operations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Affirm is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Onboarding to craft an AI-first onboarding experience that helps new engineers become confident, effective builders. You will shape technical learning, hands-on support, and a community that enables engineers to understand Affirm’s systems, ship, and grow impact.

You’ll own onboarding design across North America and EMEA, lead hands-on sessions in San Francisco, and collaborate with Engineering, Dev Productivity, SRE, Security,