Affirm Salary

💰 $185K–$260K salary range

Median: $225K  ·  Based on 74 public Affirm job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026

This Affirm salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Affirm

• Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales — $460K–$580K · US Sales
• Key Accounts Account Executive II — $330K–$450K · US Sales
• Vice President, Treasury — $340K–$380K · Treasury
• Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) — $300K–$360K · Financial Platforms - Engineering
• Director of Product Management, Financial Platforms — $300K–$360K · Financial Platforms Product
• Director, Information Technology & Security — $300K–$360K · Bank Strategy
• Senior Director, Technical Programs — $285K–$355K · Leadership
• Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management — $285K–$355K · Internal Audit
• Director, Learning — $255K–$335K · People & Organizational Success
• Director, Partner Marketing — $255K–$335K · US Marketing

Affirm salary by department

• infrastructure platform eng: $250K median · $325K top base — Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Data and Storage Services) (view JD) (9 roles)
• checkout: $225K median · $325K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, (Machine Learning) (view JD) (9 roles)

Affirm salary by seniority

• Junior: $158K median · $225K top base — Machine Learning Engineer II (Servicing ML) (view JD) (6)
• Senior: $225K median · $580K top base — Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales (view JD) (22)
• Staff: $260K median · $450K top base — Key Accounts Account Executive II (view JD) (13)

Affirm salary — lead & management

• Lead: $156K median · $245K top base — Analytics Lead, Full Stack (Consumer Analytics) (view JD) (12)
• Manager: $250K median · $325K top base — Group Product Management Manager, Consumer Servicing (view JD) (12)
• Director: $313K median · $360K top base — Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) (view JD) (6)

Affirm salary by location

• Remote: $225K median · $580K top base — Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales (view JD) (66 roles)

Remote work at Affirm

99% of Affirm's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Affirm looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (24) · AWS (16) · Kotlin (14) · SQL (13) · Kubernetes (11) · MySQL (9) · CI/CD (7) · Snowflake (6) · Java (5) · React (4).

Benefits & perks at Affirm

Commonly listed: medical (66) · dental (66) · hsa-fsa (66).

About Affirm

Affirm is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Affirm

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 29 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 89% of these postings reference equity (espp, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Affirm hiring activity

Affirm has 74 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 74 public job postings with disclosed pay. 25 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (74 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Affirm pay?
The median pay is $225K, with a typical range of $185K–$260K, based on 74 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Affirm?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales, at $460K–$580K base.

Which team pays the most at Affirm?
The infrastructure platform eng team, at a $250K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 74 public Affirm job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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