Manager, Software Engineering (App Experiences)

About the role

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 Engineering team builds systems that power Affirm’s mission, focusing on reliable, performant, and scalable solutions that touch every part of the business.

The Marketplace and App Experiences domain drives the user journey across all frontend surfaces: iOS, Android, and Web. As an Engineering Manager on the Consumer team, you’ll help define how millions of consumers experience Affirm across mobile apps, web experiences, and future consumer surfaces. You will lead a team at the forefront of front-end facing cross-team projects, collaborating with engineers across mobile and web technologies and partnering with every product experience team at Affirm.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a well-balanced team of engineers—setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and developing each engineer toward their next level.
• Own the team’s technical strategy and multi-quarter roadmap, tying it to major experience initiatives that build customer trust and move Affirm’s business, including large-scale redesigns and structural improvements to the consumer journey.
• Empower your tech lead and engineers to hold the design and quality bar, supporting them hands-on throughout technical design and cross-functional alignment.
• Own the availability, reliability, and performance of consumer-critical systems—on-call, incident response, and reducing operational toil.
• Drive alignment across multiple organizations and influence roadmaps on partner experience and foundational teams.
• Partner across Product, Design, Analytics, and other Engineering teams, building trust and taking part in cross-functional efforts.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing and growing engineering teams.
• Proven experience delivering consumer-facing software and driving execution through ambiguity.
• Technical judgment to guide architecture, quality, and reliability decisions, with the instinct to empower senior engineers rather than making all calls yourself.
• Experience leading significant technical initiatives end-to-end, ideally decoupling or re-platforming consumer-facing systems within clear time constraints.
• Familiarity with modern full-stack development—declarative UI frameworks like React or React Native, and a backend-for-frontend behind them.
• Calm, decisive presence through change and ambiguity—building alignment, resolving tensions, and leading others through complex decisions.
• Humble, team-first leadership style that builds a high-trust, psychologically safe culture while prioritizing your own growth.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills.
• Proven ability to build alignment and drive outcomes in complex environments without direct authority.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Pay

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Pay is based on location, experience, and job-related skills.

• USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $230,000 - $290,000
• USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $204,000 - $264,000

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and benefits.

Schedule

Affirm is a remote-first company. The majority of roles are remote, with flexibility to work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional in-office work at an assigned Affirm office.

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 rest and recharge.
• ESPP: An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount.