This role pays more than
77%
of similar roles. Most pay
$192,050–$253,437
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$260k
versus about
$223k
for comparable roles.
Based on 238 similar postings.
Employer
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
60 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$195,000–$255,000
across 60 roles with salary data.
Manager, Software Engineering (Resilience Engineering) leads the Resilience Engineering team to ensure production system safety and reliability through proactive validation techniques like chaos engineering and production load testing. This role involves leading a team of engineers to build platforms and tooling for safe production experimentation while establishing best practices for testing system limits and failure scenarios. The manager will design systems for fault injection, implement isolation boundaries, and develop automated rollback mechanisms to protect users during experiments. Key responsibilities include creating tools for observability, traceability, and auditability while partnering with infrastructure and security teams. Required skills include experience in distributed systems, cloud-native environments like AWS and Kubernetes, and proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Kotlin, or Java. The role focuses on solving the technical challenge of identifying system weaknesses before they impact real users.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?
Median $223750 from 106 postings across 38 companies.
Java
C++
Microservices
API Design
Event-Driven Architecture
CI/CD
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Automated Testing
Performance Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering
DevOps
Data Structures
Algorithms
Secure Coding
Distributed Systems
Monitoring
Logging
Alerting