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Salary: USD 204,000 - 290,000 / annual
Affirm is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for the App Infrastructure team. In this role, you will lead and grow a team of senior engineers responsible for building the mobile app platform, architecture, and tooling that empowers Affirm's broader engineering organization to ship reliable, performant, user-facing features with high velocity.
You will own the vision and roadmap for Mobile App Infrastructure Engineering, focusing on app architecture, developer productivity, app reliability, performance, and industry best practices. Key responsibilities include leading and scaling a team of senior engineers, making hands-on technical contributions on a regular basis, building trust and driving alignment across engineering, product, design, and leadership on cross-team initiatives, and guiding architecture, quality, and reliability decisions with strong technical judgment.
This is a people-management role where you will report to leadership and be accountable for team growth, technical direction, and delivery of infrastructure that directly impacts the velocity and quality of mobile app development across the company. You will need to balance customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints while building a high-trust team culture.
Affirm is a fintech company that provides flexible payment solutions to consumers. The company is remote-first with flexibility built in, though new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of hands-on mobile app and web engineering experience
- 3+ years working with React Native
- 3+ years managing and growing engineering teams
- Demonstrated track record of transforming how mobile or web applications were built at a company
- Experience building and delivering new consumer-facing mobile apps end to end
- Scaled at least one mobile app to more than 1 million monthly active users
- Proven ability to build alignment and drive outcomes across teams in complex environments without direct authority
- Strong technical judgment to guide architecture, quality, and reliability decisions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Humble, team-first leadership style with ability to build high-trust team culture
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
