Manager, Software Engineering, Backend – Transactional Comms

Affirm

full-time

Posted on: 3/4/2026

Location Type: Remote

Location: Poland

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💰 PLN 358,000 - PLN 458,000 per year

About the role

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 team’s 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.

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.

Benefits

100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle
Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge
Learning & Development programs
Parental benefits
Employee Resource & Community Groups
Eligible for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law and company policy

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Hard Skills & Tools

back end developmentsoftware engineeringsystem architectureproduct launchsystem performancecode qualitytesting

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationrelationship building