Senior Software Engineer, ALT
Vault
$140-180k
+ Equity
Management platform for alternative assets
Job no longer available
Management platform for alternative assets
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$140-180k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To unlock the value of alternative assets.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of backend experience (Python, Postgres, AWS or similar cloud infrastructure) and frontend experience (React, React Native, JavaScript/TypeScript)
- A track record of owning features or systems from design to production
- Strong collaboration and communication skills — you write great docs, ask smart questions, and give thoughtful feedback
- A user-first mindset with a sharp eye for clean UX and performance
- Bonus: You're familiar with the collectibles space or alternative asset marketplaces
- If you think like an owner, care about operational excellence, and want to build the infrastructure behind the largest alternative asset vault in the world, you'll thrive here
- Think like a business owner: You don't just ship code — you understand P&Ls, SLAs, and what it takes to run a product as an independent business unit
- Are excited about Alt specifically: You're drawn to alternative assets, collectibles, or the idea of building real-world infrastructure for physical goods — not just another SaaS CRUD app
- Love operational complexity: You're energized by problems that bridge software and the physical world — logistics, imaging, asset handling, and partner integrations
- Are pragmatic and fast: You know when to build custom and when to integrate, and you bias toward action
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to help build Alt Vault into a standalone, $100M+ business. You won't just be writing features — you'll be the founding engineer of a business unit that's expanding from trading cards into watches, art, and sealed wax, and shipping Vault-as-a-Service to enterprise partners
- Automate the vault pipeline: Drastically reduce the time from item received to live on platform — building intake automation, scan orchestration, and quality-control tooling
- Expand beyond cards: Design and build ingestion, grading, and pricing workflows for non-card asset classes (watches, art, sealed wax) so Alt Values appear the moment items are vaulted
- Build Vault-as-a-Service: Architect the account infrastructure, billing, and APIs that let enterprise partners programmatically vault, ship, and manage assets at scale
- Ship the digitization stack: Optimize card imaging, lighting pipelines, and help turn static front/back photos into 360-degree views for digital repackers
- Own the full stack: Take features from technical design through polished UI — Vault touches real-world operations, and the product surfaces need to be as sharp as the backend
- Be a multiplier: Level up the growing Vault team through code reviews, technical documentation, and mentorship
Our take
Increased interest in alternative assets has resulted in an unexpected boom in the collectables market, as more people are seeking to diversify their portfolios. Alt is a trading and portfolio management platform capitalizing on this exciting new upswing, making it simple to buy and sell investment-grade trading cards.
Initially dealing exclusively with sports cards, the company’s platform has expanded to include other trading card types, ranging from Pokémon to Yu-Gi-Oh! Alt sets itself apart from the competition by offering its users a vast range of attractive options, such as no buyer premiums, cash advances, Alt Vault card storage and borrowing options.
By tackling the three key problems hobbling the uptake of alternative asset investments (liquidity, price transparency, and physical storage) Alt’s success certainly opens the door for further expansion into different assets like art and sneakers, ushering in a new model for alternative asset markets.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
108% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2021
$75m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$31m
SERIES A
Total funding: $106m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Monthly WFH, health and wellness stipend
- Generous parental and family leave
- Volunteer opportunities
- Learning and development programs
- Unlimited PTO
- WeWork access
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Leore Avidar
(CEO & Founder)Also co-founded Lob, a platform that makes direct mail for businesses faster and easier. Was an Asset Management Derivates Trader for Citigroup Global Markets, and part of the Technical Business Development, Startups and Venture Capital services for AWS.
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