Director, Software Engineering

Affirm is on a mission to reinvent credit to make it more honest and friendly, providing consumers with the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest. The Affirm Card has been instrumental in achieving this mission and is expected to continue playing a significant role in the company's future growth. This role seeks a Director to lead the Card Platform and Experiences team. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting the vision for this team and hiring world-class full-stack engineers to execute on it. This involves taking ownership of core engineering and business outcomes across established verticals like Card experiences, Card services Platform, and Card Loan platform. The Director will work closely with product and business leadership to drive key initiatives, building card-related capabilities to grow and scale the business. This includes balancing product expansion with platform investments to ensure the platform can handle high scale and diverse use cases. The role also involves running a robust development lifecycle, fostering a culture of operational excellence, and collaborating with various cross-functional partners including product, analytics, risk, servicing, legal, and compliance.

Set the vision for the Card Experiences and Platform team Hire world-class full-stack engineers to execute on the vision Take ownership of core engineering and business outcomes across Card experiences, Card services Platform, and Card Loan platform Work closely with product and business leadership to build card-related capabilities Balance product expansion efforts with platform investments to scale the platform Run a robust development lifecycle, fostering operational excellence Work with cross-functional partners (product, analytics, risk, servicing, legal, compliance)

15+ years of relevant experience in software engineering Experience leading full-stack and backend teams Successful track record driving key outcomes that contribute to company success Comfortable partnering across disciplines and influencing a wide variety of leaders Experience hiring, growing, and retaining talent Card-related domain knowledge (e.g., credit/debit card, accounting, ledgering, open/closed loops)