Manager, Software Engineering, Backend (Transactional Comms)

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.

Identity International is a newly established team created to accelerate Affirm’s international expansion - one of the company’s top priorities. Our vision is to become a trusted, self-sufficient team that drives customer identity capabilities end-to-end across international markets.

The team’s scope includes building and expanding Identity Data Management, Verification, and Decisioning capabilities for Europe, evaluating and integrating third-party KYC vendors, and ensuring alignment with global platform and operational standards. We operate at the intersection of technical depth, regulatory complexity, and cross-geo collaboration, making this an exciting opportunity for engineers who want to shape one of Affirm’s foundational processes.

By joining the team, you will directly influence how Affirm operates Identity in international markets - a challenge that is critical for both business growth and customer trust.

• 7+ years of proven experience as a software engineer role with leadership responsibilities and 1+ years as an engineering manager.
• Drive to change consumer financial services for the better.
• Prior experience growing and managing a high performing engineering team.
• Fluency in back end development.
• Prior experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining consumer scale products.
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.
• 7 lat doświadczenia na podobnym stanowisku
• Znajomości: Backend, Leadership, System testing, Cross team communication
• Języki: Polski, Angielski

• Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team responsible for designing and developing the communication platform at Affirm for all channels (sms, email, push, physical).
• Mentor engineers on the team to help improve their designs, code quality, and testing.
• Own availability, reliability, and performance of your teams systems.
• Partner with product managers to design and build best-in-class systems and processes for Comms Platform.
• 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.
• Build relationships and engage with senior management in the organization.