Manager, Software Engineering (Card Experiences)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, and they are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team building Affirm Card customer experiences. The role involves partnering with Product, Design, and Analytics to deliver customer-facing features while ensuring high standards of engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coach a team of engineers building customer experiences across React Native and supporting backend services
• Own delivery for your team’s roadmap. Drive planning, execution, and clear stakeholder communication
• Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to define goals, success metrics, and priorities for Card Experience
• Maintain a high bar for engineering excellence, including system design, code quality, testing strategy, observability, and operational readiness
• Build healthy team processes and a strong feedback culture that supports sustained execution and team health
• Hire and develop talent. Run structured interviews and close candidates effectively

Requirements:

• Typically 6-8+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years managing engineers (or equivalent leadership experience)
• Experience delivering consumer-facing software and driving execution through ambiguity
• Experience building with React Native (or leading teams transitioning to it)
• Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and quality decisions, and to hold a high bar on engineering practices
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to influence across teams
• Hands-on technical leadership: Expectation to stay close to the code and architecture, including doing design/code reviews, pairing when useful, and contributing directly as needed to unblock delivery and maintain a high engineering bar
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in a related field