Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)

Senior Director, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)

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’ve been successful in delivering honest financial products that improve lives. Machine Learning has played a significant part in helping Affirm deliver on that mission. As we look into the future, we expect ML to continue to play an outsized role. We are seeking to hire a Senior Director to lead centralized Machine Learning capability at Affirm.

What You’ll Do

• Set the vision for Machine Learning and AI at Affirm. Hire world class ML modelers, Platform and Software engineers to execute on that vision.
• Take ownership of the core model development lifecycle and business outcomes across underwriting, fraud, servicing, personalization.
• Work closely with product and business leadership to champion AI adoption in both existing and new products.
• Balance ML investments across traditional ML and transformer-based models.
• Evolve ML platform to support increasing ML needs across Affirm with emphasis on training, tuning and serving AI models.
• Run a robust, yet shortened ML development lifecycle establishing a culture for experimenting and failing fast.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners outside engineering including product, risk, servicing, legal and compliance.

What We Look For

Job Details

Compensation and Benefits

Base pay range per year : $270,000 - $310,000. Affirm may offer additional compensation as part of a total package that may include stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). Equity rewards may be offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

Affirm is a remote-first company. The majority of roles are remote and can be worked almost anywhere in the country of employment. Some roles may be office-based due to job responsibilities.

Benefits

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Seniority level : Director | Employment type : Full-time

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