Affirm is hiring a
Quantitative Analyst in United States

Summary

Affirm is hiring a professional for their Quantitative Markets team to develop automation tools, optimize business processes, build data-driven models, and partner with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate should have prior experience in process automation, optimization, and development and implementation of quantitative or machine learning models, as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Requirements

• 0-3 years of relevant experience in technical areas (e.g. data science, data analytics, quantitative finance)
• Strong data-manipulation and model development and implementation skills using Python
• Desire to understand the broader context of business decisions
• Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to collaborate and influence across different teams in the organization

Responsibilities

• Develop automation tools and optimize existing business processes to enable more efficient pricing and modeling of consumer debt financing deals as well as improve overall efficiency of the team
• Advance Affirm’s asset-liability management model to help inform optimal funding strategies and forecast out the economics of our business
• Build data-driven models to analyze and predict the performance of Affirm’s consumer loans
• Partner cross-functionally with our Capital Markets, Treasury, Risk, Commercial, Product and Engineering teams to evaluate funding, product, and business decisions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building quantitative models or implementing machine learning models is a plus

Benefits

• 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