Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer (ML Underwriting) - 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.

In Short

• Define and drive multi-year technical strategy for machine learning.
• Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of advanced ML systems.
• Partner with ML Platform, product, engineering, and risk leadership.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor senior engineers.
• Champion operational and system excellence for critical ML systems.
• Drive clarity on ambiguous technical decisions across teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in large-scale machine learning systems.
• Experience in end-to-end ML system design.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and XGBoost.
• Strong understanding of representation learning and neural networks.
• Hands-on experience with distributed ML infrastructure.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• Generous stipends for technology and lifestyle needs.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Employee stock purchase plan.