Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Card)

Location: Remote Poland; the majority of roles can be located anywhere in Poland. Occasional in-person work at an Affirm office may be required, and all new hires will be invited to an in-person onboarding experience.

Base pay: 422,000 zł–542,000 zł annually. Additional equity may include $64,000–$96,000 in new-hire equity, a $20,000 annual refresh, and $0–$300,000 in reward equity.

Company

Affirm builds financial products that provide clear and predictable ways for customers to pay over time, including flexible card products.

What you will do

• Lead teams focused on integrations with partners and processors, internationalization, and launching card products in new countries.
• Define the technical direction, long-term roadmap, and strategic initiatives for Cards.
• Guide architecture, reliability, quality, scalability, and performance decisions across a portfolio of systems.
• Use AI to accelerate engineering delivery while maintaining a high quality bar.
• Hire, mentor, and lead managers and engineers while building an accountable, inclusive, and ownership-oriented culture.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders, cross-functional stakeholders, and teams in the EU and US to deliver technical initiatives and business results.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing engineering teams and 2+ years managing managers.
• Experience leading a multi-team engineering organization through a multi-year technical strategy and turning ambiguous requirements into shipped deliverables.
• Technical depth to guide architecture, reliability, and quality decisions across multiple systems while enabling technical leads and architects to make decisions.
• Ability to make investment and prioritization decisions when consensus is incomplete and change direction when evidence changes.
• Ability to explain strategy, risk, and tradeoffs to engineers, cross-functional partners, and executives.
• Experience developing managers into senior leaders and building teams where diverse perspectives are included and valued on merit.
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with flexibility within Poland and occasional in-person requirements.
• Paid time off, paid public holidays, and additional paid Away Days.
• 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision coverage, Lux Med Platinum healthcare, and family healthcare support.
• Monthly technology, health, and wellness spending support, including reimbursable wallets of up to 1,390 zł per month.
• Learning and development programs, employee resource groups, mental well-being counseling through Lyra, and financial planning support through Northstar.
• Equity opportunities, an employee stock purchase plan, parental leave support, MultiSport membership, and eligibility for creative tax benefits subject to applicable conditions.

Hiring process

• Affirm provides an inclusive interview process and accommodations for candidates with disabilities.