Affirm
Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Orchestration Services)
Affirm, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Orchestration Services)
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly by giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest.
The Data and Storage Services team handles all of Affirms Data (OLAP and OLTP) from critical online checkout databases to Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event-Driven Frameworks, BI and analytics tools. Our mission is to provide trustworthy, intuitive, and cost‑efficient solutions for Affirmsers to secure, store, analyze, and transform data at exceptional scale.
What You’ll Do
Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven & inclusive culture to develop frameworks, systems, and tools for new Affirms products.
Oversee teams managing storage services including relational, key‑value, and analytics storage infrastructure and tools at scale.
Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirms hiring brands.
Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Batch and Streaming teams, shaping Affirms strategy for managing and serving orchestration workloads.
Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations.
In collaboration with tech leads, develop a multi‑year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirms products and business needs.
Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.
What We Look For
Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
10+ years of experience managing diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross‑functional technical programs.
Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
Expertise in managing large‑scale, geographically distributed compute and data processing systems, including data lake solutions and workflow orchestration frameworks.
Expertise in scaling frameworks like Spark, Flink, and Kafka on Kubernetes and cloud providers like AWS, leveraging storage systems such as AWS S3 and Apache Iceberg.
Capable of mentorship, cross‑functional project execution, and individual contribution.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset.
Experience in the data infrastructure domain and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Compensation Base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $260,000 – $310,000. Base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 – $282,000.
Benefits
Health care coverage – Affirms covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.
Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for spending on technology, food, various lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge.
ESPP – An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirms at a discount.
Affirms is proud to be a remote‑first. Most roles are remote; occasional office presence may be required.
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The Data and Storage Services team handles all of Affirms Data (OLAP and OLTP) from critical online checkout databases to Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event-Driven Frameworks, BI and analytics tools. Our mission is to provide trustworthy, intuitive, and cost‑efficient solutions for Affirmsers to secure, store, analyze, and transform data at exceptional scale.
What You’ll Do
Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven & inclusive culture to develop frameworks, systems, and tools for new Affirms products.
Oversee teams managing storage services including relational, key‑value, and analytics storage infrastructure and tools at scale.
Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirms hiring brands.
Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Batch and Streaming teams, shaping Affirms strategy for managing and serving orchestration workloads.
Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations.
In collaboration with tech leads, develop a multi‑year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirms products and business needs.
Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.
What We Look For
Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
10+ years of experience managing diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross‑functional technical programs.
Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
Expertise in managing large‑scale, geographically distributed compute and data processing systems, including data lake solutions and workflow orchestration frameworks.
Expertise in scaling frameworks like Spark, Flink, and Kafka on Kubernetes and cloud providers like AWS, leveraging storage systems such as AWS S3 and Apache Iceberg.
Capable of mentorship, cross‑functional project execution, and individual contribution.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset.
Experience in the data infrastructure domain and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Compensation Base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $260,000 – $310,000. Base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 – $282,000.
Benefits
Health care coverage – Affirms covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.
Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for spending on technology, food, various lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge.
ESPP – An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirms at a discount.
Affirms is proud to be a remote‑first. Most roles are remote; occasional office presence may be required.
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