Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Online Storage)
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About the Role
Affirm is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to lead the Online Storage team within Data and Storage Services. You will manage teams handling relational and key-value storage infrastructure at scale, drive multi-quarter roadmaps, and collaborate across engineering.
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Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high performance, ownership driven & inclusive culture
- Oversee teams managing storage services including relational and key value storage infrastructure and tools at scale
- Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity
- Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery
- Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners
- Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirm hiring brands
- Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Storage team
- Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations
- Develop a multi year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirm products
- Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience managing diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross functional technical programs
- Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery
- Depth in cache architecture and lifecycle management
- Track record operating low latency, high throughput storage and caching platforms in production (e.g., Redis, Memcached, DynamoDB, MySQL/PostgreSQL/TiDB/Cockroach/Vitess)
- Capable of mentorship, cross functional project execution, and individual contribution
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset
- Experience in data infrastructure domain and passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
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Overview
- Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly.
- The Data and Storage Services team handles all of Affirm’s Data requirements, from online checkout databases to batch orchestration and streaming infrastructure.
- We're looking for an experienced Engineering Leader to lead the Online Storage team.
What You’ll Do
- Lead a team of engineers and managers with empathy while fostering a high performance, ownership driven & inclusive culture.
- Oversee teams managing storage services including relational and key value storage infrastructure and tools at scale.
- Understand and drive business and engineering metrics, promoting a culture of reliability, security, and productivity.
- Collaborate with tech leads, program managers, and other engineering managers on security, tools, architecture, planning, and delivery.
- Work across the engineering organization and with internal and external partners.
- Provide leadership and growth opportunities to team members, mentor engineers, recruit, and represent Affirm hiring brands.
- Lead technical decisions, projects, and roadmaps within the Online Storage team.
- Collaborate with peers, leadership, and stakeholders across platform engineering and product engineering organizations.
- Develop a multi year roadmap to design and implement frameworks, services, and tools for new Affirm products.
- Guide, tutor, and aid in the professional growth of junior and senior engineers within the team.
What We Look For
- Solid leadership and interpersonal skills.
- 10+ years of experience in managing multiple diverse and inclusive teams and delivering large cross functional technical programs.
- Proven track record in stakeholder management, ownership, and successful delivery.
- Depth in cache architecture and lifecycle management: tiered cache design, eviction and TTL policies, warm up/priming strategies, consistency models, backpressure, and thundering herd protection.
- Track record operating low latency, high throughput storage and caching platforms in production: e.g., Redis or Memcached, DynamoDB and MySQL/PostgreSQL/TiDB/Cockroach/Vitess, multi region topologies, and cross region replication strategies.
- Capable of mentorship, cross functional project execution, and individual contribution.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a growth mindset.
- Experience in the data infrastructure domain and a passion for leading technical teams and contributing to Open Source solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Pay & Benefits
- CAN base pay range per year: CAD 209,000 269,000.
- Total compensation may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents).
- Employees may be eligible for equity rewards.
- 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.
- ESPP An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount.
Workplace
- 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.
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