Affirm
Senior Sales Engineer
Remote Canada · Senior
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About the role
- Making the most compelling technical case for Affirm to merchants.
- Remote-first with flexibility built in Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company.
- Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment.
Responsibilities
- Consistently demonstrate your technical expertise and knowledge of Affirm's product suite through developing and articulating compelling technical narratives that map Affirm's capabilities to merchant systems, increasing solution scope and long-term platform adoption.
- As necessary, think outside-the-box to design and architect end-to-end solutions that address complex merchant challenges, including advanced integrations and customizations.
- Evaluate tradeoffs across merchant constraints, platform capabilities, and non-functional requirements, and design tailored solutions aligned with each merchant's business and technical priorities.
- Merchant Trust: You will be responsible for building the trust of your technical counterparts, both internally and externally, while also fostering long term relationships with our Enterprise & Key merchants.
- Knowledge Scaling: Create and share best practices, reusable assets, and training materials to enhance go-to-market efficiency.
- Sales Support: Provide technical & architectural input into sales planning and forecasting, identify technical risks and constraints early, and collaborate with Sales Operations to design scalable, repeatable technical engagement models.
- Work with Sales operations to build and refine scalable business processes.
- Market Engagement: Develop pre-sales support material and documentation for new products and features.
- Passion and drive to change consumer checkouts & payments for the better
- Proven ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, work independently and drive projects to completion with minimum guidance and high attention to detail
Requirements
- Demo Development: Build and present custom demos as required.
- BA/BS degree in business/technology, or equivalent technical account management experience
- 4+ years of experience in 4+ years in Sales Engineering, Solution Architecture, Partner Engineering, Solutions Engineering, technical sales or pre-sales roles, focusing on solution architecture and best practices
- Extensive experience with Ecomm, In-Store, Telesales etc. checkout & payment solutions
- For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.
- Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.
Compensation
- CAN OTE pay range per year: $136,350 - $203,850
Benefits
- Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility.
- Health coverage at no cost:
- Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
- Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
- Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.
Company info
- 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.
- Staff Sales Engineers are part of the Merchant Engineering team and work closely with Affirm's Sales, Engineering, and Product teams.
- Partner Success: Partner with sales and partner engineering teams to drive opportunities for our largest customers, leading solution strategy and laying groundwork for successful implementations.
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