Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Card

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Lead teams focused on partnerships, integration with processors, and internationalization efforts.

• Significantly reduce the time needed for integrations with external partners.

• Facilitate card launches as Affirm expands into new countries.

• Collaborate with engineering leaders to transform team practices and cultivate a strong engineering culture within Cards.

• Spearhead the adoption of AI while upholding high-quality standards.

• Work alongside managers across the organization to foster a team environment that is psychologically safe.

• Engage with stakeholders from both the EU and US to develop scalable, reliable, and high-performing products.

• Establish best practices and guide architectural decisions.

• Ensure the successful delivery of essential initiatives.

• Recruit and develop engineering teams based in Spain and Poland.

• Define the technical direction, long-term technical roadmap, and strategic initiatives within the Cards sector.

• Advocate for technical excellence alongside achieving business objectives.

• Foster a culture of ownership that emphasizes scalability and efficiency.

• Mentor and lead managers and engineers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in software engineering.

• More than 5 years of experience managing engineering teams.

• At least 2 years of experience managing other managers.

• Proven experience leading a multi-team engineering organization through a multi-year technical strategy.

• Capability to translate ambiguous requirements into deliverable products.

• Technical expertise to guide architectural, reliability, and quality decisions across a variety of systems.

• Competence in making investment and prioritization choices with incomplete consensus.

• Ability to communicate strategy, risk, and trade-offs effectively to engineers, cross-functional partners, and executives.

• Experience in developing managers into senior leadership roles.

• Proven track record of building teams that value diverse perspectives based on merit.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity from Affirm Holdings, Inc.

• Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and technology expenses.

• Comprehensive medical coverage, including dental and vision, fully subsidized for employees and their dependents.

• Flexible spending wallets for technology and wellbeing needs, reimbursable up to 1390 zł per month.

• Competitive paid time off policies.

• Paid public holidays.

• Additional paid Away Days.

• Access to comprehensive private healthcare through Lux Med's Platinum package.

• MultiSport card for fitness activities.

• Opportunities for learning and professional development.

• Family healthcare support provided through Maven.

• Parental leave assistance through Parentaly.

• Mental well-being support via Lyra, offering up to 12 confidential counseling or coaching sessions annually for employees and household members.

• Financial well-being resources through Northstar, including unlimited access to Certified Financial Advisors and planning tools at no cost.

• Participation in Employee Resource Groups.

• Eligibility for creative tax benefits, subject to applicable law, role, and company policy.

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) allowing employees to purchase Affirm stock at a discount.

• Engaging in-person onboarding experience.