Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:Define and steer multi-year, multi-team technical strategies for machine learning across Affirm, ensuring alignment with company-wide priorities and influencing the roadmaps of partner teams. Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of advanced ML systems, setting architectural directions for complex, cross-functional initiatives while maintaining system reliability and extensibility. Collaborate closely with ML Platform, product, engineering, and risk leadership to shape long-term modeling capabilities and guide the evolution of infrastructure necessary for next-generation ML methodologies. Provide broad technical leadership within the ML organization by mentoring senior engineers, enhancing design and code quality, and disseminating ML expertise through documentation and cross-organizational guidance. Facilitate clarity and consensus on complex, high-stakes technical decisions while managing cross-team tensions and balancing competing priorities. Champion operational and system excellence at the area level, overseeing the long-term health, availability, and evolution of critical ML systems, and establishing robust testing, monitoring, and reliability practices.
About the job
At Affirm, we are reshaping the landscape of credit by making it transparent and consumer-friendly, allowing individuals the freedom to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or accumulating interest.
Join our dynamic team as a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer and play a crucial role in the evolution of our innovative ML team. Our commitment is to Affirm's mission of transforming financial services with a focus on transparency and inclusivity. We harness cutting-edge machine learning techniques to deliver responsible and accessible financial products.
In this influential role, you will shape the future of machine learning at Affirm. Collaborating with ML Platform, engineering, product, and risk leaders, you will design, implement, and scale advanced modeling approaches that inform critical decisions within the organization. Your expertise will elevate our modeling capabilities, influence architectural directions, and ensure our systems are equipped to handle increasingly complex workloads. As a mentor to senior engineers, you will clarify intricate problems and contribute to a cohesive long-term ML strategy. If you are enthusiastic about pioneering modern machine learning solutions and eager to drive impactful innovation in a growing organization, Affirm is the perfect place for you.
About Affirm
Affirm is committed to transforming the credit experience, making it more honest and accessible for consumers. We empower individuals to make purchases responsibly while avoiding hidden fees and excessive interest rates, fostering a more inclusive financial ecosystem.
