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Distinguished Software Engineer, Architecture (Infrastructure)

We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company!

Affirm

Employee count: 1001-5000

Salary: 305k-375k USD

United States only

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.

In this role, you will be a senior member of Affirm’s Architecture Group, reporting directly to the Head of Architecture. You will own the architecture, technical roadmap, and delivery outcomes for Affirm’s Infrastructure domain, spanning the foundational platforms that enable all of engineering. You will also shape Affirm’s broader technical direction through leadership within the Architecture Group, driving innovation and architectural coherence across the company.

You will serve as the accountable technical leader for four critical infrastructure areas:

  • Developer Productivity: CI/CD, application testing, environments tooling, and code standards.

  • Reliability Engineering: SRE practices, observability platforms, and reliability engineering frameworks.

  • Data Storage Services: online storage, data lakes, streaming infrastructure, and batch systems.

  • Online Services: traffic management, capacity planning, and load testing.

What You’ll Do

  • Drive the long-term technical vision for Affirm’s Infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and developer empowerment.

  • Lead architectural strategy and roadmap definition in collaboration with domain tech leads and the broader Architecture Group.

  • Champion patterns and platforms that maximize developer productivity and system resilience.

  • Define and uphold standards for infrastructure design, operational excellence, and quality.

  • Partner with Product, Platform, and Engineering leadership to ensure infrastructure investments are aligned with business goals.

  • Guide cross-functional teams to deliver foundational services that enable Affirm’s product engineering at scale.

  • Mentor and grow a bench of IC technical leaders across multiple infrastructure domains.

  • Foster a culture of rigor, curiosity, and technical excellence across engineering.

What We Look For

  • Proven success leading infrastructure architecture for large-scale, distributed systems.

  • Deep expertise in at least two of the following domains: developer productivity, reliability engineering, data storage, online services.

  • Strong hands-on knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (AWS and/or GCP), with AWS expertise preferred.

  • Ability to define and execute long-term infrastructure roadmaps that accelerate developer velocity and system resilience.

  • Track record of mentoring and developing senior ICs and technical leaders.

  • Extensive experience building and operating highly available, performant, and secure systems.

  • Effective communicator, capable of engaging both engineers and executives to drive alignment and clarity.

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience, with prior technical leadership roles.

  • Experience in fintech or consumer-facing systems is a plus.

  • JVM experience at scale is a plus.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Pay Grade - V

Equity Grade - 21

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.

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: $340,000 - $375,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $305,000 - $340,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

  • 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

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.

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Salary

Salary: 305k-375k USD

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About Affirm

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We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company! The majority of our roles can be accomplished anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of Quebec). While most Affirmers will have the option to choose a remote-first accommodation, our offices in San Francisco, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Salt Lake City will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis.

At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products.

Working remote-first

We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company! The majority of our roles can be based anywhere in the U.S. or Canada (with the exception of Quebec). Our offices in San Francisco, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Salt Lake City will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis.

Ready to make a difference?

Affirm empowers people to say yes to more of the things they love.

While traditional credit cards charge compounding interest and late fees, we show you up front exactly what you’ll owe—with no hidden fees and no surprises. And through advanced technology and analytics that look beyond traditional FICO scores, we’re able to serve a much broader population than anyone else in the space.

We’re growing fast and hiring smart, curious people to help us revolutionize the banking industry and make it more accountable, accessible, and human. If you’re ready to make a difference, join us.

Work with people who bring out the best in you

Affirmers come together from a diverse set of backgrounds to make financial services more inclusive, honest, and meaningful. We’re passionate about making as much positive change as we can in our customers’ lives.

Success means all hands are on deck—from engineering to sales to operations. We collaborate company-wide, challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project. Even as we grow, Affirm remains a tightly knit team where every perspective matters.

Employee benefits

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Generous time off

Take the time you need when life happens.

Mental healthcare

Take care of your mind with great mental health programs.

Learning and development

Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.

Health benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.

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Affirm

Company size

1001-5000 employees

Founded in

2012

Chief executive officer

Max Levchin

Employees live in

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