Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy, fostering a culture of high performance, ownership, and inclusion while developing frameworks and tools for new Affirm products.Oversee teams responsible for managing relational and key-value storage infrastructure and tools at scale.Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.Collaborate with technical leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and the delivery of multiple concurrent projects.Engage across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.Provide leadership, mentorship, and growth opportunities for team members, while actively participating in recruitment and representing Affirm's brand.Direct technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Storage team, shaping Affirm’s strategy for managing relational and key-value storage workloads.Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations.In partnership with technical leads, develop a multi-year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirm products.
About the job
At Affirm, we're on a mission to revolutionize credit, making it more transparent and user-friendly. Our platform empowers consumers with the flexibility to buy now and pay later, free from hidden fees and compounding interest.
The Data and Storage Services team plays a pivotal role in managing Affirm's data needs, which includes both OLAP and OLTP systems. This encompasses everything from essential online checkout databases to our Batch Orchestration, Streaming Infrastructure, Event-Driven Frameworks, and BI analytics tools. Our objective is to deliver reliable, intuitive, and cost-effective solutions that enable Affirmers to securely store, analyze, and transform data at an exceptional scale.
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to guide our expanding Data and Storage Services organization, focusing specifically on our Online Storage team. You will leverage your extensive experience in team management and your track record of successfully executing complex, multi-quarter roadmaps. Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to navigate demanding deadlines while crafting strategic initiatives and driving execution are essential. Collaboration with your teams and product stakeholders will be key in defining future architectural and organizational states that facilitate scalability. Your decisions will balance our aspirational vision with the current business and technological imperatives.
About Affirm
Affirm is at the forefront of transforming the credit landscape, committed to making credit more honest and accessible. By offering consumers the ability to make purchases now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest, we prioritize transparency and fairness in the financial experience.
