Manager, Software Engineering – Marketing & Privacy Engineering

Affirm

. Lead, develop, and support engineers across the Marketing and Consumer Privacy pillars .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$181,000 - CA$241,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and developing software engineering teams while ensuring alignment across Product, Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders. Proficient in guiding engineering strategy and execution in consumer privacy and marketing technology domains, with a focus on scalable solutions and compliance with privacy regulations.

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Team ManagementEngineering StrategyConsumer Privacy ComplianceMarketing Technology ExperienceCross-Functional Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringTechnical JudgmentWeb ExperimentationAnalyticsAttributionInstrumentationMeasurement SystemsSolution DesignData CollectionPrivacy-Aware Systems

Soft Skills

CoachingCandid FeedbackAccountabilityCommunication SkillsNavigating Ambiguity

Tools & Technologies

Client-Side TaggingServer-Side TaggingConsent ManagementCookiesMeasurement Infrastructure

Industry Keywords

GDPRCCPA/CPRAAustralian Privacy ActConsumer Privacy Experiences

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, develop, and support engineers across the Marketing and Consumer Privacy pillars
Establish and improve a shared operating model for Marketing & Privacy Engineering
Partner with Product Managers and technical leads to translate priorities into engineering plans and deliver roadmaps
Guide engineering strategy and execution across Logged-Out Web, web experimentation, marketing integrations, attribution and measurement, consent, privacy experiences, and consumer data collection
Build partnerships across Engineering, Product, Marketing, Privacy, Legal, and adjacent engineering teams
Establish ownership and reliable ways of working across client-side and server-side tagging and measurement infrastructure
Ensure consent, cookies, tagging, and consumer data collection are considered in solution design
Align growth, measurement, and consumer privacy priorities
Hold the team accountable for reliable, scalable solutions while balancing quality, customer needs, business priorities, speed, and risk

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience managing and developing software engineers
Track record of building collaborative, high-performing teams through coaching, candid feedback, and accountability
Strong software engineering foundation and technical judgment
Ideally, experience leading teams responsible for consumer-facing or high-traffic web platforms and complex systems or integrations
Experience translating product and business priorities into engineering plans
Experience leading execution across distinct technical domains, product partners, and roadmaps
Ability to build alignment across Product, Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders
Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
Sound judgment navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, dependencies, and risk
Experience with marketing technology, web experimentation, analytics, attribution, instrumentation, or measurement systems is a plus
Familiarity with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the Australian Privacy Act (APPs), and/or privacy-aware systems such as consent management, cookies, tagging, data collection, or consumer privacy experiences is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents
Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents
Flexible time off
Generous holiday calendars
Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to buy Affirm stock at a discount
Remote-first work flexibility
Inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities
In-person onboarding experience for all new hires