Engineering Manager: Payments
TrueMLFull Time
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
Candidates must have at least 1 year of experience managing high-performing engineering teams and 7+ years in software engineering roles. Prior experience growing and managing engineering teams across timezones is required, along with direct experience integrating payment processors like Stripe. Fluency in back-end development and experience architecting, building, launching, and maintaining consumer-scale products are essential. Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills are also necessary.
The Engineering Manager will lead, mentor, and grow a full-stack engineering team responsible for payments services. They will mentor engineers across multiple countries and timezones, focusing on designs, code quality, and testing. This role involves owning the availability and performance of the team's systems, partnering with product managers to design clean APIs, and developing internal API documentation and test environments. The manager will also collaborate with diverse engineering teams and build relationships with management across the USA and Europe.
Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions
Affirm offers point-of-sale financing solutions as an alternative to traditional credit cards. It allows consumers to make purchases and pay over time through installment plans, often without hidden fees or deferred interest. Affirm partners with merchants to integrate its payment solutions into online and in-store shopping experiences, using user-friendly plugins and APIs. The company generates revenue from interest and fees on loans to consumers, as well as fees from merchants for offering its financing options. Affirm also provides a merchant dashboard for transaction processing and promotional tools to help businesses market these financing options effectively. The goal of Affirm is to empower consumers with flexible payment options while providing value to merchants in the e-commerce and retail markets.