Senior Manager, Product Security Engineering (Platform Security)

Senior Manager, Product Security Engineering (Platform Security)

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. Security is critical to our mission. Our goal is to embed a strong security culture across the company so we can build and operate honest financial products. The Platform Security team forms the backbone of our preventive and responsive security capabilities, protecting cloud-hosted systems and applications from threats.

The Sr. Manager, Product Security will lead the Platform Security team, partnering with engineering and cross‑functional leaders to ensure our cloud platforms, infrastructure, and applications are secure and resilient.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, develop, and mentor the Platform Security team, setting direction, managing performance, and ensuring strong communication and execution across distributed time zones.
• Design, implement, and operate cloud security controls for AWS, GCP, and Azure to protect infrastructure, services, and applications from evolving threats.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to influence architecture decisions, define security requirements, and ensure alignment with our technical strategy.
• Strengthen container security by guiding the secure design and operation of containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and related ecosystem tooling.
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices by embedding automated security checks, workflows, and guardrails into CI / CD pipelines and developer tooling.
• Communicate complex security risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non‑technical stakeholders with clarity, precision, and authority.
• Develop and mature the platform security roadmap, identifying long‑term risks, investments, and capabilities needed to strengthen our cloud posture.
• Define, maintain, and enforce baseline security configurations, standards, and operational processes for cloud platforms, systems, and applications.
• Create and maintain security metrics and dashboards that provide meaningful insights into control effectiveness, program maturity, and areas needing investment.
• Support budget planning, resource allocation, and team development, ensuring the program can scale effectively and deliver strong outcomes over time.

What We Look For

Even if you don’t meet every listed requirement, we encourage you to apply. We want to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute in meaningful ways, not just those who check every box.

Affirm is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer.

Base Pay Grade

Equity Grade

Employees new to the company typically come in at the start of the pay range. The pay structure is simple and transparent, based on location, experience, and job-related skills.

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

CAN base pay range per year : $206,000 - $256,000

Location : Remote - CAN

We are remote‑first. Roles can be worked from anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional office presence due to job responsibilities.

Benefits

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