Affirm

Analytics Lead, Full Stack

Affirm$160K — $230K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in analytics, particularly within marketplaces or two-sided platforms
  • Intuitive understanding of supply-demand dynamics and marketplace pricing
  • Proficiency in data tools like SQL, Python, DBT, and Sigma
  • Familiarity with AI tools for enhancing analysis and productivity
  • Experience working in cross-functional teams, especially with Product and Engineering
  • Strong sense of ownership with a proactive approach to problem-solving

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance marketplace monetization strategies
  • Monitor and proactively adjust marketplace performance metrics
  • Create and maintain dashboards for key performance indicators
  • Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to expand marketplace partnerships
  • Work with Product and Engineering to improve marketplace competitiveness
  • Analyze supply-side dynamics and pricing strategies
  • Conduct experiments to optimize marketplace performance

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized healthcare coverage for employees and dependents
  • Generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle, and family planning expenses
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules for work-life balance
  • Employee stock purchase plan offering shares at a discount
Full Job Description
We're looking for a Marketplace Analytics Lead to help architect and optimize the economic engine of our marketplace, balancing supply, demand, pricing, and user experience to drive sustainable growth. This is a high-impact IC role at the intersection of product, growth, and marketplace strategy.

What You'll Do
  • Own marketplace monetization and economics, balancing merchant supply, consumer demand, and pricing to drive engagement, conversion, and profitability
  • Monitor marketplace performance and adjust strategies based on engagement, relevance, merchant outcomes, LTV, and overall health
  • Build and maintain dashboards and reporting to track key Marketplace KPIs and enable data-driven decisions
  • Partner with Sales, Client Success, and Marketing to grow marketplace partners and increase merchant value
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to improve the effectiveness, competitiveness, and relevance of Marketplace inventory and offers
  • Analyze supply-side dynamics, including incentives, pricing, and placement, to understand elasticity and drive incremental GMV
  • Lead analyses and experiments to test and refine new placements and optimize marketplace performance
  • Conduct loan-level profitability analyses to ensure offers align with credit and financial goals while balancing consumer and merchant value
  • Evaluate affiliate portfolio performance by integrating network data, identifying trends, and assessing the incremental impact of merchant-funded incentives


What We're Looking For
  • 7+ years in analytics, with experience in marketplaces, ads/affiliate ecosystems, or two-sided platforms
  • Strong intuition for supply-demand dynamics, pricing, and marketplace tradeoffs
  • Experience with data tools such as SQL, Python, DBT, Sigma; comfortable managing ETLs and working with engineering teams to optimize data pipelines
  • Strong curiosity and bias toward leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis, automate workflows, and increase personal and team productivity
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, GTM, and Engineering
  • High ownership, strong judgment, and a bias toward action


Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 8

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 equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $180000 - $230000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $160000 - $180000

#LI-Remote

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

About Affirm

Affirm is a publicly traded financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. Affirm was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, and Alex Rampell as part of the initial portfolio of startup studio HVF. Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became CEO of Affirm in 2014. In October 2017, the company launched a consumer app that allowed loans for purchases at any retailer. The company announced a partnership with Walmart in February 2019. Under the partnership, Affirm is available to customers in-store and on the Walmart website. Affirm has partnered with e-commerce platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Zen-Cart. On November 18, 2020, Affirm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering. On December 12, 2020, it was reported that Affirm had postponed its IPO. On January 13, 2021, Affirm became listed on NASDAQ with symbol AFRM, raising about $1.2 billion in its IPO. By the next day, the price of shares had doubled, making Levchin's stake worth about $2.5 billion. In May 2021, Affirm acquired Returnly, a financial technology service company, for $300 million.
Learn more about Affirm
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$97.6 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$617.1 million
NASDAQ

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