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Salary: USD 236,000 - 325,000 / annual
Affirm is reinventing credit cards by working directly with card issuers to create new types of cards with straightforward, flexible terms. This Senior Staff Software Engineer role is critical to defining and leading technical excellence within the Cards organization.
You will lead from the front on AI adoption while maintaining high quality standards. You'll collaborate with engineering leaders to create and implement technical strategy across full-stack teams, coordinate closely with stakeholders to build scalable and reliable solutions, and help shape best practices and architectural choices. This is a high-impact position requiring strong technical ability, leadership, project management skills, cross-functional communication, and a customer-first mindset.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define technical direction, long-term technical roadmap, and strategic initiatives for the Cards product
- Lead by example in using AI to build fast and revolutionize how the team works
- Stay close to industry leaders in FinTech to inform team building and strategy
- Work across all teams at Affirm to champion technical excellence alongside business results
- Create and influence a strong ownership culture with high accountability and investment in scale and efficiency
- Architect and contribute to decisions on platform, tools, and technologies for consistency and reliability
- Mentor and guide a strong group of engineers, championing best practices and supporting their growth
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience working across the stack with demonstrated ability to drive architectural improvements in the backend (bonus points for React Native, Javascript, or Kotlin)
- Experience driving change across large engineering organizations
- Track record of successfully leading critical projects and leveraging multiple engineering teams across organizational boundaries for company-wide results
- Extensive experience developing and implementing technical strategy that drove prominent change in reliability and responsiveness
- Ownership mindset with ability to influence similar culture in others
- Collaborative partnership skills across engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience mentoring and growing engineers to Staff level
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence and share critical decisions with stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
