Business Systems Lead (Financial Platforms)

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July 28

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Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

Affirm is a financial technology company that offers a 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service, allowing consumers to make purchases and pay for them over time with flexible payment plans. Affirm eliminates hidden fees and compound interest, providing clear terms and conditions for its users. The company also offers the Affirm Card, a debit card that allows users to request to pay over time for larger purchases or pay in full for smaller ones. Affirm partners with various retailers across multiple categories, including electronics, apparel, and travel, providing customers with the convenience of paying over time at checkout both online and in physical stores. Affirm's services are integrated with Apple Pay, enabling customers to make payments seamlessly from their iPhone or iPad.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

📋 Description

•As a Lead Engineer , you will be an integral member of the Business Systems team within Servicing! You will collaborate with the rest of Business Systems, Engineering, Product, Operations and key stakeholders to craft and deliver technical solutions to business problems and transform the way our Service Agents thrive. We look for candidates who strive for simple, sophisticated solutions and continuously improve both their technical and soft skills. •In this role, you will lead high-impact projects from inception to completion, ensuring that each initiative aligns with the company's strategic goals and delivers measurable results. You will serve as the tech lead for a team of system leads providing technical strategy for platform improvement and project deliverables. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in the Salesforce ecosystem including Service Cloud, •Own and optimize Salesforce as the primary CRM, ensuring it meets business needs across Servicing, operations, compliance, and customer success. •You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects. •You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed. •You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes. •Maintain and Support the developed integrations between Salesforce and core systems (Snowflake, Amazon Connect, internal tools ) to enable seamless Case Creations flows and automation. •Develop and enforce best practices for system governance, security, and data integrity, ensuring compliance with fintech regulations (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOC 2). •Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Ops Excellence, Servicing, Product, Security, Engineering) to understand business needs and translate them into scalable system solutions. •Drive excellence and automation in DevOps leveraging the Salesforce Devops Center and/or GitHub actions •Lightning Flows, Agentforce and other low-code tools to improve workflows and eliminate manual processes. •Manage system enhancements and customizations, including configurations, flows, Lightning components, and API integrations. •Oversee JIRA boards for business systems projects, defining clear requirements, managing sprints, and ensuring timely execution. •Develop metrics into system observability, availability and performance •Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvements. •Provide training and documentation to ensure high adoption and effective use of business systems.

🎯 Requirements

•This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field •5+ years of experience in Business Systems Engineering, Software or Enterprise Applications, preferably in a fintech, SaaS, or high-growth tech environment. •Deep expertise in Salesforce (certifications preferred: Salesforce Admin, Advanced Admin, Platform App Builder, Developer I). •Experience implementing and improving Salesforce platform observability and availability best practices within platform •You thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work. •Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrates that you have mastered gathering and iterating on feedback from your engineering and cross-functional peers. •Experience with Salesforce Service cloud functionality such as, Case Management, Knowledge Base, Omni-Channel, and Service Console configurations. •Deep understanding and hands-on experience in implementing and optimizing Service Cloud features like Skill-Based Routing, Entitlements, and Messaging for In-App and Web (MIAW), Einstein Gen AI for Service •Familiarity with Lightning web components, Apex, BuildKite, Github and other development or CI/CD tools within Salesforce. •Strong understanding of data modeling, reporting, and analytics, with experience leveraging Snowflake for business intelligence. •Technical proficiency in Salesforce administration, declarative development (Flows, Process Builder, validation rules, SQL) and basic Apex development.. •Hands-on experience with JIRA, Notion, and Agile methodologies to manage sprints and system-related projects. •Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance culture, balancing multiple priorities with strong execution. •Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business needs.

🏖️ Benefits

•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