Manager, Software Engineering (Reliability Platform)

About the role

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead our Reliability Platform Engineering team. This role is critical in ensuring the safety and reliability of our production systems through building products and capabilities that drive reliability practices at scale. You will lead the development of systems and practices that allow engineers to understand, prioritize, and reduce systemic reliability risks across Affirm’s production environment. This team is responsible for building foundational operational intelligence capabilities for Affirm. This includes Affirm’s next-generation Reliability and Risk Management platform, which combines observability, AI, and operational workflows to help engineering teams proactively manage availability, resiliency, and operational excellence at scale. This role sits at the intersection of Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering. You will partner closely with Infrastructure and Product Engineering teams to define reliability standards, build scalable operational tooling, and drive adoption of engineering best practices across the company.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high performance product engineering team with a focus on building a culture of innovation, accountability, reliability and execution