[Hiring] Software Engineering Manager @Affirm

Role Description

We’re hiring an L7 Engineering Manager to lead Furnishing Engineering, responsible for building and operating the pipelines and services that furnish accurate, timely credit reporting data to external bureaus and partners at scale. You will set technical direction and execution strategy across data pipelines, platform services, and reliability controls, balancing compliance, auditability, and customer impact.

This role requires exceptional technical rigor:

• Dive deep into pipeline architecture, data quality and its sources, failure modes, and performance bottlenecks.
• Uplevel engineering excellence through strong design reviews, pragmatic standards, and mentorship.

What you’ll do:

• Manage and grow a team of engineers.
• Partner closely with Product, Compliance/Legal, and Analytics.
• Drive delivery through clear technical decision-making and operational discipline.
• Develop a deep understanding of the system design of the ETL pipelines and the dependencies on upstream data sources.
• Own key outcomes and metrics (accuracy, timeliness, completeness, and incident rates).
• Lead multi-quarter cross-org initiatives that measurably improve the pipeline’s quality and reliability.
• Own availability, reliability, and performance of your team’s systems.
• Partner with product managers to design and build best-in-class systems and processes for collections.
• Partner with a diverse set of engineering teams who build solutions throughout the entire lifecycle of a loans repayment at Affirm.
• Build relationships and engage with senior management in the organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of proven experience as a software engineer role with leadership responsibilities.
• 2+ years as an engineering manager.
• Drive to change consumer financial services for the better.
• Prior experience growing and managing high performing engineering teams.
• Fluency in back end system design.
• Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining consumer scale products.
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of basic loans lifecycle and credit reporting is a plus.

Requirements

• Base Pay Grade: P
• Equity Grade: Poland 5
• Base pay range per year: 358,000 zł - 458,000 zł

Benefits

• Contract of Employment
• Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
• Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
• Learning & Development programs
• Parental benefits
• Employee Resource & Community Groups
• This role is eligible for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy
• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount