Director, Software Engineering

Job Description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest.

As a Director of Card Platform & Experiences, you will lead the Card Platform and Experiences team to drive core engineering outcomes across Card experiences, Card Services Platform, and Card Loan platform. The role involves setting vision, hiring, partnering with product and business leaders, and scaling platform capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Set the vision for the Card Experiences and Platform team at affirm. Hire world‑class full stack engineers to execute on that vision.
• Take ownership of our core engineering and business outcomes across our established verticals – Card experiences, Card services Platform and Card Loan platform.
• Work closely with product and business leadership to drive key efforts to build card related capabilities to grow and scale the business.
• Balance product expansion efforts with platform investments and scale our platform to handle high scale and a spectrum of eclectic use cases.
• Run a robust development lifecycle establishing a culture of operational excellence, experimenting and failing fast.
• Work with a wide variety of cross‑functional partners outside of engineering ranging from product, analytics, risk, servicing, legal and compliance.

What We Look For

• 15+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Experience leading full stack and backend teams.
• Successful track record driving key outcomes that drive the company’s success.
• Comfortable partnering across disciplines and influencing a wide variety of leaders.
• Experience hiring, growing, and retaining talent.
• Card‑related domain knowledge; great if you have worked on credit/debit card domains, including accounting, ledgering, open/closed loops, and more.

Base Pay Grade

Grade T

Equity Grade

Grade 11

Compensation

Base pay_{year}: $238,000 – $298,000. Equivalent to the start of the pay range per location and experience. Additional benefits include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for employees and dependents, and equity rewards offered by affirm holdings, inc.

Location & Remote Work

Affirm is a remote‑first company. Most roles are remote, and you can work nearly anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional attendance at an assigned affirm office.

Benefits

• Health care coverage – affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.
• Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs and family forming expenses.
• Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• ESPP – employee stock purchase plan allowing you to buy shares of affirm at a discount.

EEO & Accommodations

We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

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Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology