Senior Manager, Software Engineering (ML Platform)
Responsibilities
- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for ML Platform, covering real-time and batch feature computation, model training infrastructure, and model serving at scale.
- Lead and grow a team of engineering managers, while staying hands-on with the technical direction and maintaining close partnership with ICs.
- Continuously evolve the platform to stay ahead of the frontier — anticipating where AI and ML are heading and building the infrastructure that makes those capabilities possible at Affirm before they become urgent needs.
- Partner with ML modeling, product, and infrastructure leadership to ensure the platform accelerates Affirm's most critical ML initiatives.
- Establish engineering excellence across the organization: reliability, observability, developer experience, and operational rigor.
About the role
</p></div><div> <p>Machine Learning is central to how Affirm delivers on its mission — powering decisions across underwriting, fraud, servicing, and personalization. We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead our ML Platform engineering organization, the team that builds and operates the critical infrastructure enabling every ML capability at Affirm.
This is a high-impact, technically demanding role at the intersection of distributed systems, modern AI, and platform engineering. </li> <li>Continuously evolve the platform to stay ahead of the frontier — anticipating where AI and ML are heading and building the infrastructure that makes those capabilities possible at Affirm before they become urgent needs.
</li> </ul> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Pay Grade - R <br>Equity Grade - 9<br><br>Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
<br><br>Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc.
<br><br>CAN base pay range per year: $206,000 - $256,000</p> <strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>#LI-Remote</em></span></strong></div> <div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><div> <p>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. </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first.
Some key highlights of our benefits package include: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities.
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