Senior Partner Engineer
Application analysis
Senior Partner Engineer at Affirm is a forward deployed enterprise software role for engineers who want customer-facing technical work with real deployment ownership.
Reading this role
This Technical customer-facing role role centers on hands-on work with customers to ship and adopt technical products. Key signals from the listing: Senior scope.
About Affirm
Enterprise software forward deployed engineers drive adoption, integration, and measurable customer outcomes. The role is anchored in Remote US, so expect on-site customer work in that region.
Signals in the listing
Stand out for Senior Partner Engineer
- Lead your application with one paragraph tying Senior Partner Engineer to a specific customer or deployment you owned — Affirm hires for shipped outcomes, not tool lists.
- Mirror language from the job description in your examples — if they emphasize deployment, use deployment stories; if integration, use integration stories.
- Include a short “how I work with customers” section in your cover note: communication cadence, escalation instincts, and how you handle ambiguity.
- This role is tied to Remote US — mention willingness to work on-site with customers and any existing ties to that market (clients, partners, or domain knowledge).
Stand out at Affirm
- Demonstrate stakeholder management with a concrete example — Affirm will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Demonstrate integration skill with a concrete example — Affirm will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Prepare stories that move from discovery → pilot → production with named outcomes.
- Read recent engineering blog posts, product launches, and customer stories on affirm.com — reference one explicitly in your outreach to show genuine interest.
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Role description
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm’s vision is to deliver honest financial products that improve lives. In the US now, Affirm now covers half of all ecommerce volume and has access to nearly all buyers. Our mission, as part of the Merchant and Platform Engineering team, is to grow Affirm’s revenue by helping Merchants and Partners acquire and retain valued customers with industry leading, innovative Buy Now Pay Later POS checkout experiences. We are just getting started. Come be a part of a team shaping the future! In this role as a Senior Partner Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership across Commercial and Product Partnership teams, supporting large cross-functional programs. You will represent Affirm’s engineering team and technologies to partners, such as Shopify and Stripe, while helping drive technical + business strategy. This role entails operational support for ad hoc partner requests, collaborating with engineering teams on solution design, and managing the execution of long-term initiatives. The ideal candidate will be passionate about fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation, unafraid to roll up their sleeves with engineers with a proven track record of delivering results.
What You'll Do
Develop detailed project plans, including: solution design, timeline estimation, task break-down, and testing plan. Provide day to day support for technical questions from external partner stakeholders Develop integration support material and documentation for new products, rollouts and features &