Affirm

Senior Technical Account Manager

Affirm$133K — $183K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in a technical customer-facing role like TAM or Solutions Engineer
  • Proficient in at least two programming languages
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to lead and nurture important client relationships
  • Strong project management abilities
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • Familiarity with the payments ecosystem and web/mobile application architecture

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical relationships with designated merchants, building trust and long-term partnerships
  • Guide new merchant integrations to minimize risks and foster product adoption
  • Resolve technical issues quickly, coordinating efforts across multiple departments
  • Provide feedback to engineering and product teams on new developments
  • Identify and implement operational efficiencies for onboarding merchants more effectively

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents
  • Generous stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules for rest and recharge
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discount
  • Remote-first work culture with flexibility in job location
Full Job Description
As a Senior Technical Account Manager you will be responsible for the technical success of our largest merchants post-sale. You will advise their developers, product teams, and key business partners throughout the entire customer lifecycle. You will be responsible for implementing our products into merchants' existing architecture and you will continue to work with them as they scale. You will help them not only to avoid pitfalls, but to take advantage of more of Affirm's offerings; solving business objectives with technical strategies and product optimizations. Technical Account Managers are a part of the Engineering Team and work closely with Affirm's Product, Operations, Customer Success and Merchant Help teams.
What You'll Do
  • Lead the technical relationships for a named set of merchants within a vertical or category; you will be responsible for building the trust of your technical counterparts while also fostering long-term relationships with all merchant partners
  • Manage and provide technical guidance for new merchant integrations, reducing your merchants' risk by actively working with them to identify problematic technical approaches and driving new feature and product adoption with retail partners, including betas and pilots
  • Support clients through their lifetime as Affirm partners; quickly resolve critical technical issues for your accounts; quarterback multi-departmental efforts to resolve complicated issues in a timely manner
  • Provide early feedback to engineering and product teams while iterating on new products
  • Identify areas to improve operational efficiencies and onboard our merchants more quickly
What We Look For
  • 5+ years experience as a TAM, Solutions Engineer, or other customer facing technical role where you owned key developer relationships
  • Comfortable reading code in at least two programming languages
  • Exceptional communication skills, with a deep command of the written word (please submit a cover letter when applying - we actually read them!)
  • Confidence and fluency when discussing technical concepts with developers
  • Validated ability to lead important client relationships
  • Strong project management skills, capable of influencing internal and external partners to stay on schedule
  • Bachelor's degree with a record of pushing yourself academically or equivalent practical experience
  • Degree in a technical major (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, etc.) or bootcamp grad
  • Familiarity with the payments ecosystem
  • Familiarity with web/mobile application architecture
  • Comfortable writing code in at least one language


Pay Grade - L
Equity Grade - 4

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 monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $133,000 - $183,000

#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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