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Manager, Software Engineering (Identity)

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Hybrid (UK)£142k - £190kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Engineering Manager for Affirm’s Identity team, responsible for leading a multi-market identity platform (KYC, user lifecycle, identity decisioning) outside North America, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and regulatory compliance to support international expansion.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a well-balanced team of engineers – setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and developing each engineer toward their next level.
  • Own the team’s technical strategy and multi-quarter roadmap, tying it to major experience initiatives that build customer trust and move Affirm’s business, including large-scale redesigns and structural improvements to the identity verification journey.
  • Empower the tech lead and engineers to maintain design and quality standards, supporting them hands-on throughout technical design and cross-functional alignment.
  • Own the availability, reliability, and performance of consumer-critical systems – on-call, incident response, and reducing operational toil.
  • Drive alignment across multiple organizations and influence roadmaps on partner experience and foundational teams.
  • Partner across Product, Design, and Analytics, and other Engineering teams, building trust and taking part in cross-functional efforts.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing and growing engineering teams.
  • Proven experience delivering consumer-facing software and driving execution through ambiguity.
  • Technical judgment to guide architecture, quality, and reliability decisions, with the ability to empower senior engineers to make the calls.
  • Experience leading significant technical initiatives end-to-end, ideally decoupling or re-platforming consumer-facing systems within clear time constraints.
  • Calm, decisive presence through change and ambiguity – building alignment, resolving tensions, and leading others through complex decisions.
  • Humility, team-first leadership, high-trust, psychologically safe culture, while prioritizing personal growth.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to balance customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
  • Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills.
  • Proven ability to build alignment and drive outcomes in complex environments without direct authority.
  • Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Skills

Required:Software engineeringLeadership and people managementTechnical strategy & roadmapping

Benefits

  • Base pay range per year: £142,000 - £190,000
  • Equity rewards
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
  • 100% subsidised medical coverage, dental and vision for employee and dependents
  • Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Remote-first culture with occasional in-person onboarding and possible in-office work
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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