[Remote] Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning) at Affirm

United States

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Requirements

  • 15+ years of relevant experience in Machine Learning, AI, or related technical domains
  • Experience leading centralized ML teams comprising of both ML modelers and ML platform engineers
  • Successful track record in landing key models responsible for the company’s success that directly drive PnL
  • Comfortable working in matrix organizations and influencing across a wide variety of leaders
  • Experience hiring and growing, and retaining talent
  • Keeps up with evolving ML landscape — understands when to buy vs build, and what tools/ techniques can drive the most business value

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI at Affirm. Hire world class Machine Learning modelers, Platform and Software engineers to execute on that vision
  • Take ownership of our core model development lifecycle and business outcomes across our established verticals – underwriting, fraud, servicing, personalization
  • Work closely with product and business leadership to champion AI adoption in both existing and new products
  • Balance ML investments across traditional ML and transformer based models
  • Evolve ML platform to support our increasing ML needs across Affirm with a special emphasis on training, tuning and serving AI models
  • Run a robust, yet shortened ML development lifecycle establishing a culture for experimenting and failing fast
  • Work with a wide variety of cross functional partners outside of engineering ranging from product, risk, servicing, legal and compliance

Skills

Affirm

Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions

About Affirm

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.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,113.8MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Spending wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
Supportive communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
Remote-first workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
Generous time off: Take the time you need when life happens
Health benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
Mental healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
Parental leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay.
Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
Away days: We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge.
Learning & development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.

Risks

Increased CFPB regulation could raise compliance costs for Affirm.
Affirm faces competition from new entrants in the BNPL market.
Reliance on partners like Adyen and Apple poses potential revenue risks.

Differentiation

Affirm offers transparent installment loans with no hidden fees or surprises.
Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants, including major retail brands.
Affirm's user-friendly APIs enable seamless integration with online and in-store platforms.

Upsides

Affirm's partnership with Adyen expands its reach in North America.
Affirm's $4 billion partnership with Sixth Street boosts financial stability.
Affirm's BNPL services gain traction among high-income consumers.

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