Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Underwriting)

What you’ll do

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Set the technical strategy for your team, and help your engineers tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.

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Act as a force-multiplier through your definition and advocacy of technical solutions and operational processes.

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Collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by partnering with product management, design & analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risks and trade-offs are well understood and managed.

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Develop talent by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example.

What We Look For

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Bachelors in a technical field with 8+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years managing engineers

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Proficiency in machine learning with experience in areas including tree-based models, transformers, deep learning, and agentic ML.

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Strong engineering skills and the ability to provide hands-on technical leadership while working with our code and architecture

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You thrive in ambiguity, and are comfortable moving from low level language idioms all the way to the architecture of large systems to understand how they work.

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This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 7

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 monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $181,000 - $241,000

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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