Manager, Software Engineering, Loans Lifecycle

Affirm

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $230,000–$290,000 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $182,000–$237,065 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $260k versus about $210k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Affirm

Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending

Affirm currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$255,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager, Software Engineering, Loans Lifecycle

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The Manager, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) joins the Ledger Engineering team to build an audit-grade ledger platform that connects company growth to regulated accounting controls. You will set long-term technical strategy, manage team operations, and oversee availability through monitoring, triage rotations, and playbooks. Your daily work involves collaborating with product management and design to ensure technical sustainability while fostering a culture of quality through code reviews and design standards. You will develop talent by coaching engineers and aligning stakeholders. The role requires expertise in backend systems using Python or Kotlin, alongside distributed systems technologies including AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes. You must possess experience in financial systems, ledgering, or treasury domains where data accuracy and system reliability are critical for forensic reporting and monthly book closing.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $214394 from 123 postings across 39 companies.

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Skills

Python Kotlin AWS MySQL Spark Kubernetes Distributed Systems Monitoring Alerting Testing Code Review

What you'll do

Set the technical strategy for your team on a year-long scale and align it with business-impacting projects.
Manage the product development lifecycle by ensuring technical sustainability and managing risks with product and design teams.
Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes to act as a force-multiplier for the team.
Own team operations by establishing monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting.
Set and enforce code review and design standards while advocating for them through writing and tech talks.
Develop team talent by providing consistent feedback, guidance, and leadership by example.

What we're looking for

You have 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
You have 2+ years of experience managing a software team.
You have an extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
You have experience in financial systems, ledgering, treasury, or adjacent domains where data accuracy and system reliability are critical.
You understand how to manage a high-performance team by growing the team, coaching engineers, and aligning stakeholders.
You have strong verbal and written communication skills to support effective collaboration with a global engineering team.
This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

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