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.
Come join us in our mission to change consumer finance through better data and technology, lower costs, and increased transparency while providing the best customer experience!
About the Risk & Analytics Team: The Risk & Analytics (R&A) team makes crucial decisions that direct Affirm’s business strategy. We partner with Machine Learning, Product, Engineering, Capital Markets, and Commercial teams to grow Affirm responsibly by optimizing approval, conversion, losses, and profitability.
Operating across the entire customer and merchant lifecycle, we tackle a diverse array of challenges from optimizing checkout conversion and mitigating fraud risk, to building scalable data foundations and enabling international growth. We analyze performance not just to report on it, but to determine where to invest resources for maximum impact through building tools, scalable data infrastructure, and analytical frameworks. We improve the analytics experience across Affirm by streamlining workflows and fostering a culture of learning and documentation. By taking ownership of the entire analytical lifecycle, from initial question to final business decision, we turn complex data and systems into clear, actionable signals that ensure Affirm grows efficiently and intelligently.
Our Teams (Where You Might Sit): Candidates hired into the R&A organization will be sorted into a core team based on business need and background. Our primary domains include:
- Point of Sale (POS): Optimize merchant and checkout performance to improve conversion, approvals, and unit economics across the purchase funnel.
- Direct to Consumer (DTC) / Card: Drive engagement, repeat usage, and lifecycle health across Affirm's app, web, and card experiences.
- Fraud: Prevent and reduce fraud losses across the customer journey while maintaining a frictionless user experience.
- Core Analytics: Build the quantitative research, machine learning models, performance monitoring, and scalable data foundations that enable fast, economically sound decisions.
- Servicing: Enhance the post-origination customer experience by analyzing repayment behavior, collections strategies, and operational efficiency.
- International Expansion: Build the measurement and decision foundations needed to sustainably launch and scale Affirm in new global markets.
As an Analyst I, you will learn the fundamentals of consumer lending while executing scoped analytical tasks on a day-to-day cadence. Working under the guidance of senior analysts and managers, you will leverage advanced data analytics to help optimize business strategies and monitor portfolio performance. You are a thoughtful, driven individual eager to build a strong technical foundation, learn how to navigate exogenous market changes, and integrate modern AI tooling to solve hard problems efficiently.
What You Will Do- Derive Insights & Support Strategy: Leverage data analytics to uncover insights that help optimize product, risk, or growth strategies across geographies.
- Monitor Portfolio Health: Assist in tracking performance metrics, user behavior, and macroeconomic trends that impact business outcomes, flagging risks and anomalies to senior team members.
- Technical Execution: Write clean, working SQL and Python to build scalable reporting and partner with Engineering to support the deployment of machine learning and risk models.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Legal, and Compliance to understand evolving consumer lending regulations and market requirements, assisting in translating them into foundational data models and operational policies.
- Drive Launch Alignment: Support cross-functional discussions to ensure new product launches and market entries align with our operational capabilities and risk appetite.
- AI Fluency & Efficiency: Integrate AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, copilots) into your daily workflows to accelerate data mining and routine tasks, holding the line on verifying outputs.
- 1–3 years of experience in an analytically-driven role; relevant internships or prior experience in the consumer lending, fintech, or broader financial services industry are highly valued.
- Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Solid working knowledge of SQL, Python, or other scripting languages.
- Familiarity with data mining, data visualization, and foundational statistical modeling.
- Basic understanding of (or deep curiosity about) consumer lending regulations, fair lending principles, and how machine learning techniques apply to real-world business problems.
- Exceptional communication skills, humility, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional peers.
Pay Grade - I
Equity Grade - 5
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).
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $115,000 - $165,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $101,000 - $151,000
#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
We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.
[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in an analytically-driven role
- Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or related quantitative field
- Solid working knowledge of SQL, Python, or other scripting languages
- Ability to write clean, working SQL and Python to build scalable reporting and support model deployment
- Familiarity with data mining, data visualization, and foundational statistical modeling
- Basic understanding of consumer lending regulations and fair lending principles (or strong curiosity to learn)
- Experience or fluency with AI tooling (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, copilots) and verifying outputs
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Relevant internships or prior fintech/consumer lending experience
What the Team is Saying
Affirm Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and robust mental‑health programs, with $0 employee medical premiums for certain plans. Feedback suggests this combination makes coverage both strong and cost‑effective.
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Parental & Family Support — Birth and non‑birth parents receive 18 weeks of fully paid leave plus a four‑week, full‑pay return‑to‑work transition, alongside family‑planning support. Feedback suggests these policies are a standout strength for those planning or growing families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous/flexible PTO is augmented by 20 company‑wide Away Days and additional options like “Life Happens Leave.” Feedback suggests the mix enables both collective recharge and personal time away.
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What We Do
At Affirm, we help people say yes to the things that matter with flexible, transparent ways to pay over time. No hidden fees, no compound interest, and no fine print—just a smarter way to spend.
Why Work With Us
Who is an Affirmer? /noun/ Someone who believes finance shouldn’t be complicated. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and we’re driven by the desire to improve lives through honest financial products. We define success by challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project—and we have fun while doing it.
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Employees work remotely.
Affirm is a remote-first company! Our employees can work anywhere in the U.S. but if an office is more your style, we have office locations in San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, and Pittsburgh.
