Affirm

Director, Software Engineering – Site Reliability Engineering

Affirm

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $267,000 - $360,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Set the vision and drive execution for Reliability Engineering at Affirm
  • Own and coordinate delivery of high availability of core Affirm’s services, to attain our service level standards and expectations with external partners
  • Iterate and maintain a best-in-industry global incident response & lifecycle program
  • Build software and program management structure to perform continual risk management across the entire Affirm system and Engineering organization
  • Run a robust development lifecycle establishing a culture for operational excellence, while experimenting and failing fast
  • Work with a wide variety of cross functional partners outside of engineering ranging from product, enterprise risk, security, legal and compliance
  • Hire and build a global team of SREs, system engineers, and full stack engineers
  • Cultivate a respectful and supportive environment for all team members that effectively demonstrates the diversity of the team

Requirements

  • 15+ years of relevant experience in software and site reliability engineering
  • Experience leading SRE, systems engineering, and full stack engineering teams
  • Successful track record driving key outcomes that drive the company’s success
  • Comfortable partnering across disciplines and influencing across a wide variety of leaders
  • World-class communicator with excellent instincts for empathetic messaging
  • Keen technical mind comfortable reading and understanding full-stack code
  • Proven track record of establishing and growing teams, retaining talent, and comfort working with ambiguity
  • This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Benefits
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
site reliability engineeringsystems engineeringfull stack engineeringsoftware development lifecyclerisk managementincident responseoperational excellenceprogram managementsoftware developmentcoding
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationempathyteam buildinginfluencingcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitysupportive environmentcultural awareness
Certifications
Bachelor's degree