Manager, Software Engineering – Reliability Platform

🕒 June 25

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $204k - $264k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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Affirm

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

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.

📋 Description

• Lead the Reliability Platform Engineering team • Build and lead a high-performance product engineering team and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, reliability, and execution • Leverage AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate platform development, operational automation, and engineering productivity • Translate ambiguous operational and organizational challenges into technical requirements, execution plans, and measurable outcomes • Develop scalable reliability, risk management, and operational governance capabilities using observability tooling, automation, and AI • Build foundational systems that help engineers understand service ownership, dependencies, and operational topology across infrastructure and applications • Align Platform Engineering, SRE, Infrastructure, and Product Engineering teams on requirements, investment priorities, and long-term technical roadmap outcomes • Drive execution and delivery for critical cross-functional reliability initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in backend or full stack engineering • 2+ years of engineering leadership experience • Experience working within or alongside Production Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering teams • Expertise with observability tools • Experience building software or managing programs that drive engineering culture and reliability practices • Strong operational judgment and ability to drive clarity, prioritization, and execution in ambiguous problem spaces • Experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, reliability products, or operational automation systems at scale • Ability to balance rapid iteration and experimentation with operational rigor and long-term maintainability • Strong programming background, such as Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar • Strong communication and organizational leadership skills • Demonstrated ability to align stakeholders, drive execution, and influence engineering practices across teams • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity rewards • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending • 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents • Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents • Flexible Spending Wallets with stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to buy Affirm shares at a discount • Reasonable accommodations during the hiring process