Affirm
Manager, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
$204K–$290K
Remote US · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of backend systems experience and 2+ years managing a software team.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the Loans Lifecycle software team in setting technical strategy and delivering reliable, audit-grade financial systems.
What you'll do
- Set team technical strategy and guide delivery of business-critical projects in collaboration with product, design, and analytics.
- Own team operations and availability, including monitoring, on-call processes, testing, and alerting; establish quality and design standards.
- Coach and develop engineers, and align stakeholders across teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- 2+ years managing a software team.
- Experience developing highly available distributed systems; the posting names AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
- Experience in financial systems, ledgering, treasury, or adjacent domains where data accuracy and reliability are critical.
Pay
$230,000 - $290,000 USD per year (base salary); $204,000 - $264,000 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes
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