Job Description
In this role, you are a member of Affirm’s Architecture Group, reporting to the VP of Engineering for Architecture. You will own the architecture and technical roadmap, and delivery of innovative products within the Servicing and Partner Configuration domains, as well as contributing to the overall architecture of Affirm’s technology within the Architecture Group.
You are the accountable technical leader for Affirm’s Servicing and Partner Configuration domains.
The Servicing domain is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Affirm’s customer service agent experience, as well as Affirm’s self-service repayment and other self-service consumer journeys. Together these are the most common day-to-day destination for our users, and an extremely important component of Affirm’s overall user experience.
Along with Servicing, the Partner Configuration domain is accountable for the full lifecycle and user journey of our network of hundreds of thousands of merchant partners, from self-service functionality aimed at small businesses to large enterprises and partner ecommerce platforms.
What You'll Do
Drive the long-term vision and architecture of Affirm’s post-purchase user experience, as well as the full lifecycle of our partner onboarding and configuration experience.
Champion innovative, scalable, and delightful solutions across the engineering organization.
Promote a strong culture of innovation, drive evaluation, development and roll out of new technologies/frameworks. Actively research, brainstorm, prototype, and present ideas.
Establish architecture, technical design, and code review standards; coach team members to conduct effective design and code reviews. Ensure high programming standards, create best practices, and lead by example.
Provide technical guidance and influence in other areas of Engineering.
Lead technical teams to develop end-to-end solutions for complex problems, interfacing with multiple services and platforms, and multiple external organizations.
Partner with Product Management to provide technical input that shapes product direction and roadmap.
Lead the organization by hiring, coaching, managing, and supporting a team of senior engineering leaders in technical contributor roles.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, humility, constant improvement, and rigor to build a team that can confidently tackle complex challenges across multiple technical domains.
Provide leadership in the development of a technical architecture and strategy for a complex and quickly growing business and serve a broader engineering team.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Principal Software Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in Washington offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.
