Manager, Software Engineering, Backend (Transactional Comms)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">The Comms Core team, part of the Transactional Communications area, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead the development of tools and systems that power user communications. This role will focus on building robust, reliable, and scalable platforms that enable Affirm to design, create, and deliver communications to users in the most seamless and efficient way possible.</p> <p>The Transactional Communications teams are fully based in Europe and own the end-to-end communications experience — from template creation to ensuring successful message delivery to users. If you are passionate about creating world-class user experiences and excited by the challenge of launching products at scale, join us. Help build the next generation of Affirm's Comms platform and define our presence around the world.</p> <p><br><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team responsible for designing and developing the communication platform at Affirm for all channels (sms, email, push, physical).</p> </li> <li> <p>Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing.</p> </li> <li> <p>Own availability, reliability, and performance of your team’s systems.</p> </li> <li> <p>Partner with product managers to design and build best-in-class systems and processes for Comms Platform.</p> </li> <li> <p>Partner with a diverse set of engineering teams who use Comms platform to keep in touch with customers throughout the entire lifecycle of a loan at Affirm</p> </li> <li> <p>Build relationships and engage with senior management in the organization</p> </li> <li>On-Call Rotation - There would be an on-call rotation for this role as a requirement.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we look for:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>7+ years of proven experience as a software engineer role with leadership responsibilities and 1+ years as an engineering manager.</p> </li> <li> <p>Drive to change consumer financial services for the better.</p> </li> <li> <p>Prior experience growing and managing a high performing engineering team.</p> </li> <li> <p>Fluency in back end development.</p> </li> <li> <p>Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining consumer scale products.</p> </li> <li> <p>Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.</p> </li> </ul> <h3><strong>Compensation and Benefits</strong></h3> <p><strong>Base Pay Grade</strong> - P</p> <p><strong>Equity Grade</strong> - Spain 6</p> <p>Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. </p> <p>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. (parent company).</p> <p>ESP base pay range per year: <strong>€ 101,000 - 131,000 </strong></p> <p>Additional benefits include:</p> <ul> <li>Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle</li> <li>Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge</li> <li>Learning Development programs</li> <li>Parental leave</li> <li>Employee Resource Community Groups</li> </ul> <p>We are able to offer visa sponsorship for this role, but do require that someone is based in Spain for the role. </p> <p><strong>Location - Remote Spain</strong></p> <p>#LI-Remote</p><div class="content-conclusion"><div> <p>Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you ca ... (truncated, view full listing at source)