Infrastructure Engineering Leader - Cloud Cost Management

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. The Infrastructure team’s mission is to deliver customer impact by partnering with engineers to build reliable and fast financial products. We own the platforms, tools, and services that power every customer transaction and facilitate every production change. We enable faster development for engineers, higher reliability to our customers, and lower costs to the business. We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineering leader for our growing Cloud Cost Management team.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineering leader to join our Cloud Cost Management team. This role is crucial for ensuring Affirm's scalable and efficient growth by managing our multi-million dollar annual cloud spend.

Responsibilities

• Develop frameworks, systems, and tools to create a culture of ownership and accountability for infrastructure costs.
• Collaborate with Finance and Engineering leadership to define and meet ambitious financial targets.
• Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Infrastructure team.
• Drive business and engineering metrics while promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
• Lead a team of engineers with empathy, fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven, and inclusive culture.
• Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and product managers on tools, architecture, planning, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
• Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
• Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirm hiring brands.
• Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.

Requirements

• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience in managing multiple diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross-functional technical programs.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
• Expertise in managing large-scale, geographically distributed compute and data processing systems.
• Expertise in scaling technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, MySQL, and Kafka, in cloud providers like AWS.
• Capable of mentorship, cross-functional program execution, and individual contribution.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Deep experience in cloud infrastructure and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions.
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Pay Grade: R
• Equity Grade: 15
• USA Base Pay Range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $260,000 - $310,000
• USA Base Pay Range (all other U.S. states) per year: $232,000 - $282,000
• Total Compensation: Includes base pay, equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
• Benefits: 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents.

Employment Type

• Full-time

Location

• Remote - US

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first.