Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Data & Storage Services) - 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 Data and Storage Services team is responsible for handling all of Affirm’s Data (OLAP and OLTP) requirements and encompasses the entire range from critical online checkout databases all the way to our Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event Driven Frameworks, BI and analytics tools and systems. Our mission is to provide trustworthy, intuitive, and cost-efficient solutions for Affirmers to secure, store, analyze, and transform data at exceptional scale.

In Short

• Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven & inclusive culture.
• Oversee teams managing storage services including relational, key-value, and analytics storage infrastructure.
• Understand and drive business and engineering metrics.
• Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and product managers.
• Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
• Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members.
• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap for frameworks, services, and tools.
• Guide and mentor junior and senior engineers.

Requirements

• Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience in managing diverse teams.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management.
• Expertise in managing large-scale data processing systems.
• Expertise in scaling frameworks like Spark, Flink, and Kafka.
• Capable of mentorship and cross-functional project execution.
• Strong communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Experience in the data infrastructure domain.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Benefits

• Health care coverage for you and your dependents.
• Generous stipends for Technology, Food, and Lifestyle needs.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Employee stock purchase plan.