Job Description
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.
Affirm is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to take on a critical role in defining and leading technical excellence across all Purchasing frontend engineering. You’ll collaborate with engineering leaders, create and implement technical strategy across full-stack teams, and coordinate closely with stakeholders to build stable, performant solutions that are a joy to use. You'll shape best practices, guide architectural choices, and drive the successful delivery of critical initiatives. This role requires a high level of technical ability, leadership and project management skills, strong cross-functional communication, and a customer-first mindset.
Checkout is Affirm’s core consumer facing functionality. This role leads the frontend teams that build this experience.
What You'll Do
Build and drive technical strategy all frontend teams in checkout
Work closely with stakeholders across all teams at Affirm to champion and implement technical excellence in conjunction with business results
Create and influence a strong ownership culture across teams, with high accountability and investment for building at scale
Deliver critical user experiences that uphold high reliability and performance
Guide or influence product decisions/scope and determine the right technical tradeoffs to deliver customer value quickly.
Design, implement, and extend core platform components and functionality to enable new products and features to be built
Architect and contribute to decisions on the right platform, tools, and technologies to support consistency and reliability
Plan, design, and build our core platform software and systems to scale with an increasing number of users, features, business requirements, partners, and new engineers
What We Look For
10+ years of experience working across the stack in web and backend.
Strong experience leading multiple engineering teams to deliver results across organizational boundaries
Track record of successfully leading critical projects and leveraging partner teams for company-wide results
Extensive experience developing and implementing technical strategy that drove prominent change in reliability and responsiveness
Previous project management or people management experience: You know how to influence, effectively communicate, and coach others
Take Ownership: You embody an ownership mindset and help influence a similar culture to those around you.
Collaborative partnership across engineering teams and crossfunctional stakeholders
You have a customer-first mindset: wanting to create the best-in-class experience for our customers, and understand how that translates into the right technical decisions
You thrive in the ambiguity, and are comfortable diving into code and systems to understand how they work, potential dependencies, and how to constantly improve
You have strong verbal and written communication skills that can help influence and share critical decisions with stakeholders
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Base Pay Grade - R
Equity Grade - 15
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $260,000 - $310,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 - $282,000
Location: Remote - US
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
Affirm is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to take on a critical role in defining and leading technical excellence across all Purchasing frontend engineering. You’ll collaborate with engineering leaders, create and implement technical strategy across full-stack teams, and coordinate closely with stakeholders to build stable, performant solutions that are a joy to use. You'll shape best practices, guide architectural choices, and drive the successful delivery of critical initiatives. This role requires a high level of technical ability, leadership and project management skills, strong cross-functional communication, and a customer-first mindset.
Checkout is Affirm’s core consumer facing functionality. This role leads the frontend teams that build this experience.
What You'll Do
Build and drive technical strategy all frontend teams in checkout
Work closely with stakeholders across all teams at Affirm to champion and implement technical excellence in conjunction with business results
Create and influence a strong ownership culture across teams, with high accountability and investment for building at scale
Deliver critical user experiences that uphold high reliability and performance
Guide or influence product decisions/scope and determine the right technical tradeoffs to deliver customer value quickly.
Design, implement, and extend core platform components and functionality to enable new products and features to be built
Architect and contribute to decisions on the right platform, tools, and technologies to support consistency and reliability
Plan, design, and build our core platform software and systems to scale with an increasing number of users, features, business requirements, partners, and new engineers
What We Look For
10+ years of experience working across the stack in web and backend.
Strong experience leading multiple engineering teams to deliver results across organizational boundaries
Track record of successfully leading critical projects and leveraging partner teams for company-wide results
Extensive experience developing and implementing technical strategy that drove prominent change in reliability and responsiveness
Previous project management or people management experience: You know how to influence, effectively communicate, and coach others
Take Ownership: You embody an ownership mindset and help influence a similar culture to those around you.
Collaborative partnership across engineering teams and crossfunctional stakeholders
You have a customer-first mindset: wanting to create the best-in-class experience for our customers, and understand how that translates into the right technical decisions
You thrive in the ambiguity, and are comfortable diving into code and systems to understand how they work, potential dependencies, and how to constantly improve
You have strong verbal and written communication skills that can help influence and share critical decisions with stakeholders
This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Base Pay Grade - R
Equity Grade - 15
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $260,000 - $310,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 - $282,000
Location: Remote - US
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Staff Software Engineer, Front End (Purchasing Experience) position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in Miami 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.
