Lead Quantitative Research Engineer, ALT
$275-350k
Plus equity
Management platform for alternative assets
Be an early applicant
Management platform for alternative assets
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$275-350k
Plus equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To unlock the value of alternative assets.
Role
Who you are
- 9+ years in quantitative finance, ML engineering, or similar
- Deep time-series and forecasting experience, ideally on illiquid or auction assets
- Proven path from Jupyter to production with CI/CD, testing, and automated monitoring
- Track record of improving MAE or PnL with your models in live systems
- Fluent in Python, SQL, and modern data tooling
- Strong communication: you can explain heteroscedastic noise to engineers
What the job involves
- You will own the pricing engine that sets Alt Value across millions of cards and future asset classes
- Think of it as building Bloomberg Fair-Value for collectibles. You will architect the models, production pipeline, and monitoring that turn messy auction data into live data our customers trust
- Build the price engine. Design, train, and deploy time-series and tree-based models (XGBoost, CatBoost, sklearn, lightGBM) that predict fair value and forecast volatility
- Harden the data layer. Ingest and reconcile auction feeds, marketplace listings, and private-sale data. Handle splits, dupes, zero-comp situations, and stale marks
- Ship to production. Own model orchestration with Airflow, feature stores, real-time inference endpoints, and rollback strategies
- Quantitative R&D. Test market microstructure effects (extended bidding, buyer premiums, cash advances) and bake insights into pricing logic
- API & analytics. Expose Alt Value as a public API, power in-app price alerts, and deliver dashboards the business can act on
- Lead the function. Hire and mentor a small team of DS/MLEs and set the standard for code quality, review, and testing
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 )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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