Vice President, Software Engineering
Content + Source + Freshness • 13 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The position offers significant leadership opportunities in software engineering within a high-growth organization, with a lucrative compensation package reflecting market demand.
- Compensation: $297,000 - $327,000 annually.
- Direct impact on engineering strategy and culture.
- Leadership role in AI-driven product development.
Pros
- Salary band of $297,000 - $327,000 reflects high demand for leadership roles.
- Direct impact on product development and engineering culture.
- Opportunity to drive change in AI-focused engineering practices.
Cons
- Requires a proven track record which may limit the applicant pool.
- High expectations for strategic vision and operational execution.
- May involve high-level decision-making pressure.
Who it's for
Executive • Remote
Good fit
- Experienced engineering executives.
- Candidates with a passion for innovation in fintech.
- Leaders excited about AI integration in engineering.
Not recommended for
- Entry-level engineers or individuals lacking leadership experience.
- Those preferring defined roles and structures.
- Candidates resistant to fast-paced, innovative settings.
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
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.
At Affirm we build honest financial products that improve lives. Our mobile app, deals marketplace, and card products are critical to this mission. We are looking for an exceptional engineering leader who can scale these products through our next phase of growth.
What You’ll Do:
- Set the technical vision and strategy for how we build consumer products at Affirm
- Instill a culture of engineering excellence and high availability across all of your teams
- Champion the shift to an AI-first engineering approach - accelerating the adoption of GenAI across consumer product experiences and in the software development lifecycle
- Support and partner with the broader engineering organization to improve our consumer experiences.
- Set a high standard for operational rigor on the team
- Understand the product and business goals and vigorously participate in our engineering-wide roadmap planning process
- Lead, grow, hire and inspire a high-performing engineering organization
Vice Presidents at Affirm are successful when they can both paint a strong and inspiring vision and also roll up their sleeves and get into the details, putting significant effort into understanding our unique business and the systems and people that support it.
What We Look For:
- Has had primary responsibility for the development and operational management of an app with tens of millions of users
- Extensive experience developing amazing consumer experiences with AI/ML.
- Successful track record leading and delivering multi-year, highly complex engineering strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully develop, hire and partner with principal software engineers.
- Strong leader of leaders who has successfully developed hired and partnered with senior individual contributors, managers and directors.
- Detail oriented individual who has strong opinions on the technologies being developed by their team and is fully immersed in day to day execution and delivery.
- Strong communicator who effectively lays out their vision for their team, the broader engineering organization, senior executive and partners.
- Excited about both our mission to deliver honest financial products and to do it by building a meritocracy.
Base Pay Grade - X
Equity Grade - 24
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.)
CAN base pay range per year: $297,000 - $327,000
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.
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