At Affirm, we’ve been very successful in our mission in delivering honest financial products that improve lives. In order to further this mission as we scale, we are looking for a Principle Engineer focused on developing world class Infrastructure platform capabilities for Affirm.

 

What You’ll Do:

Help set the technical vision and strategy for the platforms, frameworks, and services that enable every engineer at Affirm and serve every customer. Provide technical guidance and influence in other areas of Engineering. Lead technical teams and collaborate with the broader engineering organization to deliver solutions that improve reliability, lower costs, and enable developers. Champion innovative, scalable, and delightful solutions across the engineering organization. Promote a strong culture of innovation, drive evaluation, development and roll out of new technologies/frameworks. Actively research, brainstorm, prototype, and present ideas.

 

This role requires an engineer who can work at multiple levels: effectively convey a clear vision, influence senior leadership to focus on strategic investments, and lead fellow engineers to achieve impactful results.

 

What We Look For:

Have built and managed infrastructure platforms serving hundreds of engineers and millions of customers. Successful track record leading and delivering multi-year, highly complex engineering infrastructure projects. Demonstrated ability to successfully develop and partner with staff and senior staff software engineers. Exceptional leader who can mentor high potential engineers earlier in their career.  Detail oriented individual who has strong opinions on the technologies being developed by their team and is fully immersed in day to day execution and delivery. Strong communicator who effectively lays out their technical vision to the broader engineering organization. 15+ years software engineering experience. Experience with Fintech and Retail industries for both B2C and B2B (merchants/affiliates) is a plus. Experience building developer environments, CI/CD pipelines, and implementing test frameworks is a plus. Excited about both our mission to deliver honest financial products and to do it by building a meritocracy. 

Base Pay Grade - T

Equity Grade - 9

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. 

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $203,000  -  $283,000        

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