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Manager, Software Engineering (Marketplace Performance)

Lead the technical strategy for Affirm's Marketplace Performance team in building a fully-featured ads platform.

Location
Remote US
Compensation
$204k–$290k/yr
Level
lead
Type
full time · Remote

Posted by employer 4 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago

What you'll build

  • Set technical strategy for the team
  • Collaborate across teams in product development
  • Define and advocate for technical solutions
  • Ensure team operations and availability
  • Develop talent on the team

Must have

  • 8+ years of experience designing backend systems
  • Experience with AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes
  • 2+ years in Ad Tech or related platforms
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Role intensity

10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy

Requirements

Experience
8+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options Flexible Time Off Health Insurance

Joblaze summary

The Manager of Software Engineering for Marketplace Performance at Affirm leads the technical strategy for a team focused on enhancing the company's advertising platform. This role requires expertise in backend systems, particularly with languages like Python or Kotlin, and familiarity with distributed technologies such as AWS and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates have significant experience in Ad Tech and a strong background in developing scalable consumer experiences. The position emphasizes collaboration across teams and fostering a culture of quality and ownership within the engineering team.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 30, 2026. Last confirmed on Affirm's careers page October 1, 2026.
  • Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
  • Starts above 64% of 11 comparable lead backend roles in United States we track (median $185,000 across 10 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Manager, Software Engineering (Marketplace Performance) role remote?
Yes — Affirm lists this as a fully remote position.
What's the salary range?
Affirm lists $204,000–$290,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Software Engineering (Marketplace Performance) role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Kotlin, Kubernetes, MySQL, Python, React.
What seniority level is this role?
Affirm targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Manager, Software Engineering (Marketplace Performance) role at Affirm.

From the original posting

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.

We’re evolving our marketplace by building Affirm's first fully-featured ads platform to make a best in class shopping destination for our merchants and customers. We know that by pairing consumer insights, segmentation and personalization with our vast network of merchants, we can achieve that goal. The Marketplace Performance team owns the foundation of several key monetization artifacts that drive GMV for the company. We work cross-functionally to achieve these goals by closely partnering with our Revenue, TAM, CSM and Merchant partners. This team plays a large role in making Affirm marketplace the destination consumers trust and turn to for discovery, comprehension and shopping.

What You'll Do
· You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and help your team tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.
· You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed.
· You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes.
· You take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring you have the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing and alerting in place to support “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
· You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks.
· You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

What We Look For
· You have 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
· You have an extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes.
· You have experience developing consumer experiences using UI frameworks like React
· You have 2+ years of experience working in Ad Tech or related platforms.
· You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
· You thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work.
· Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrates that you have mastered gathering and iterating on feedback from your engineering and cross-functional peers.
· You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team.
· This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Pay Grade - P
Equity Grade - 13

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $230,000 - $290,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $204,000 - $264,000

#LI-Remote

Remote-first with flexibility built in
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.

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