Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. Consumer Growth Experience Engineering (CGX) builds the platforms and end-to-end experiences that power Affirm’s consumer growth across push, email, app, and web. We own the core engagement surfaces and systems that help customers discover value, onboard seamlessly, and take confident next steps by using personalization, segmentation, and experimentation to deliver the right experience at the right moment. Our work sits at the intersection of product, analytics, design, platform, and growth. We focus on building scalable, reliable tooling and consumer experiences that enable rapid go-to-market, improve conversion and activation, and grow long-term customer value. If you’re excited about shaping high-impact consumer journeys, solving ambiguous growth problems, and turning strategy into measurable outcomes at scale, CGX is the team for you. What You'll Do You will be responsible for owning and delivering quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems, and ensuring that everyone is supported throughout delivery. You will support peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design, and analytics, participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. You will proactively identify project, process, technology, or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them. You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” and on-call efforts. You will foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Android Software Engineers in Consumer Engineering work with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Backend Engineers, and other mobile engineers to build, experiment with, and scale the experiences that help hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit. This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including: Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety What You’ll Do Build and evolve user-facing Android experiences that help people discover, consume, create, and engage with content and communities. Lead projects through the full development lifecycle, from product definition and technical design to implementation, experimentation, launch, and ongoing improvement. Partner with product, design, data science, ML, backend, and platform teams to shape strategy, translate technical capabilities into intuitive experi

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Product Backend Engineers in Consumer Engineering partner directly with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features that power how hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit. This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including: Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding. Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety What You’ll Do Build and evolve user-facing iOS experiences that help people discover, consume, create, and engage with content and communities. Lead projects through the full development lifecycle, from product definition and technical design to implementation, experimentation, launch, and ongoing improvement. Partner with product, design, data science, ML, backend, and platform teams to shape strategy, translate technical capabilities into intuitive experiences, and delive

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Product Backend Engineers in Consumer Engineering partner directly with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features that power how hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit. This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including: Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding. Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety What You’ll Do Product & Engineering Execution: Partner closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and platform engineering to execute on product strategy and build novel, user-centric media features. Full-Lifecycle Development: Drive the complete development lifecycle—from technical design and architectural proposals to implementation, unit/integration testing, experimentation, performance analysis, and deployment. Quality & Velocity: Move fast while

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Product Backend Engineers in Consumer Engineering partner directly with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features that power how hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit. This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including: Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding. Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety What You’ll Do Product & Engineering Execution: Partner closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and platform engineering to execute on product strategy and build novel, user-centric media features. Full-Lifecycle Development: Drive the complete development lifecycle—from technical design and architectural proposals to implementation, unit/integration testing, experimentation, performance analysis, and deployment. Quality & Velocity: Move fast while

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. Affirm is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to take on a critical role in defining and leading technical excellence across core consumer experiences at Affirm, starting with Marketplace and Search. You’ll collaborate with engineering leaders, create and implement technical strategy across full-stack teams, and coordinate closely with stakeholders to build scalable, reliable, and high-performing solutions. You'll help shape best practices, guide architectural choices, and drive the successful delivery of critical initiatives. This role requires a high level of technical ability, leadership and project management skills, strong cross-functional communication, and a customer-first mindset. You will be responsible for building and developing the technical strategy to unlock large-scale product features, building trust and accountability, and upholding technical excellence for our Marketplace domain within our engineering org. The Marketplace domain is the main pillar of our core consumer strategy, driving the user journey across the Affirm ecosystem on iOS, Android, and Web platforms. The teams span across multiple products and areas to engage and provide value to our customers, starting with the initial landing page and Search, which expands into the various product offers and journeys a user can embark on with Affirm. What You'll Do Lead the vision – Define the technical direction, long-term technical roadmap, and strategic initiatives in Marketplace, Search, Ads Platform, and App Experiences Work closely with stakeholders across all teams at Affirm to champion and implement technical excellence in conjunction with business results across all consumer facing experiences Create and influence a strong ownership culture across teams, with high accountability and investment