Senior Director, Software Engineering
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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.
At Affirm, we've been very successful in our mission of delivering honest financial products that improve lives. To further this mission as we scale, we are looking for a Senior Director focused on developing world-class traffic management capabilities for Affirm.
What You'll Do :
Set the vision for the next generation of traffic management, capacity planning, and load testing capabilities and practices at Affirm.
Hire world-class engineers with a deep understanding of traffic management concepts such as load shedding, rate limiting, caching, etc.
Lead our annual peak season planning across the technology organization.
Support and partner with the broader engineering organization to understand their needs and roll out the capacity planning and load testing tools you develop.
Participate actively in our engineering-wide roadmap planning process.
All this will require a leader who sets a strong and inspiring vision but also gets into the details, understanding our unique business, systems, and people that support it.
What We Look For :
Experience managing traffic, load testing, or capacity planning at an organization with hundreds of millions of users.
Extensive experience designing and implementing traffic shaping, cluster management, and load shedding systems at scale.
Track record of leading and delivering complex engineering infrastructure projects over multiple years.
Ability to develop, hire, and collaborate with principal software engineers.
Exceptional leadership skills, mentoring high-potential engineers and early-career leaders.
Detail-oriented with strong opinions on technology development, immersed in daily execution and delivery.
Strong communication skills, effectively conveying vision to teams, the broader organization, and senior leadership.
Employees new to Affirm typically start at the beginning of the pay range. Affirm offers a transparent pay structure based on location, experience, and skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include stipends for health, wellness, tech spending, and benefits such as 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents. Equity rewards may also be available.
Base pay range per year: $264,000 - $304,000.
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles are remote, with flexibility to work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional presence at an office.
Our benefits include:
Health care coverage — Affirm covers all premiums for you and your dependents.
Flexible Spending Wallets — stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family expenses.
Time off — vacation and holiday schedules to rest and recharge.
ESPP — employee stock purchase plan at a discount.
We are committed to providing an inclusive interview experience for all candidates, including those with disabilities, and offer reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.
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- Location:
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Category:
- IT & Technology