Software Engineering Manager (Marketing & Privacy Engineering)

Join our team as a Software Engineering Manager for the Marketing & Privacy Engineering (MPE) team. In this role, you will lead two engineering pillars - Marketing and Consumer Privacy Engineering - and work towards building trusted, privacy-aware consumer web experiences. You will develop and support engineers, establish a shared operating model, partner with product managers, guide engineering strategy, build strong partnerships across various teams, and hold the team accountable for delivering reliable, scalable solutions.

About Affirm

Experience translating product and business priorities into engineering plans and leading execution across distinct technical domains, product partners, and roadmaps toward a shared mission

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve a shared operating model for Marketing & Privacy Engineering, creating clarity around priorities and decision-making.
• Guide engineering strategy and execution across various domains, ensuring alignment with the shared mission of building trusted, privacy-aware consumer web experiences.
• Sound judgment navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, dependencies, and risk, with a focus on engineering quality and operational excellence while balancing reliability, scalability, speed, and business needs

Requirements

• Experience with marketing technology, web experimentation, analytics, attribution, instrumentation, or measurement systems is a plus
• Experience managing and developing software engineers, with a track record of building collaborative, high-performing teams through coaching, candid feedback, and accountability
• Ability to build alignment across Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders, with strong communication skills and the ability to make complex technical topics clear to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong software engineering foundation and technical judgment, ideally with experience leading teams responsible for consumer-facing or high-traffic web platforms and complex systems or integrations

Preferred

• Familiarity with global privacy and data protection requirements such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the Australian Privacy Act (APPs), and/or experience with privacy-aware systems such as consent management, cookies, tagging, data collection, or consumer privacy experiences, is a plus

Benefits

• Enjoy a remote-first work environment, generous time off, health benefits, mental healthcare, parental leave, and opportunities for learning and development.
• Lead and support engineers across the Marketing and Consumer Privacy pillars, fostering an environment for growth and responsibility.