Manager, Software Engineering (Developer Environments)

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. Developer Productivity exists to make work better for every engineer at Affirm. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate software development across the company. We own the entire space between a developer’s laptop and production, including ephemeral dev environments, CI/CD pipelines, test automation frameworks, dependency management, and release engineering. Our tools and platforms enable engineers to ship code quickly, safely, and with confidence. This org supports 800+ engineers working across a broad stack in a hypergrowth FinTech environment—a complex, high‑leverage challenge with impact at scale. The Developer Environments team builds fast, stable developer environments that make it easy for Affirm engineers to create, test, and debug their features. We own Affirm’s ephemeral development environments, used across both development and CI workflows. We’re seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead Developer Environments. This role is critical to the end-to-end inner loop experience for engineers. You will lead the team building and operating the platforms that support environment provisioning, test execution, and automated developer infrastructure—partnering closely with CI/CD, infrastructure, security, and product engineering teams. What you’ll do Leadership & Strategy • Define and drive the vision for Developer Environments and inner-loop developer productivity at Affirm. • Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale, and tie it to critical, business-impacting projects. • Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical…