Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Cloud Cost Management) - Remote

Overview

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Infrastructure team’s mission is to deliver customer impact by partnering with engineers to build reliable and fast financial products. We own the platforms, tools, and services that power every customer transaction and facilitate every production change. We enable faster development for engineers, higher reliability to our customers, and lower costs to the business. We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineering leader for our growing Cloud Cost Management team.

In Short

• Develop frameworks, systems, and tools to create a culture of ownership and accountability for infrastructure costs.
• Collaborate with Finance and Engineering leadership to define and meet ambitious financial targets, ensuring Affirm's scalable and efficient growth.
• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Infrastructure team, shaping Affirm’s strategy for managing our multi-million dollar annual spend.
• Drive business and engineering metrics while promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
• Lead a team of engineers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven & inclusive culture.
• Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and product managers on tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
• Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
• Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirm hiring brands.
• Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.

Requirements

• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience in managing multiple diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross-functional technical programs.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
• Expertise in managing large-scale, geographically distributed compute and data processing systems.
• Expertise in scaling technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, MySQL, and Kafka, in cloud providers like AWS.
• Capable of mentorship, cross-functional program execution, and individual contribution.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Deep experience in cloud infrastructure and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions.
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Benefits

• 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.