Quantitative Analytics Lead

Summary

Join Affirm's Quantitative Research team as an individual contributor, focusing on analytical tools development. Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to enhance the usability of take-up and loan cashflow models. Proactively engage with stakeholders across various departments to tailor models to their needs. Architect, build, refine, and automate research infrastructure for modeling loan performance. Implement frameworks for automating and presenting analytics and reports. Review model implementation, focusing on requirement verification and code quality. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills, solid knowledge of analytical tools, and excellent cross-functional collaboration skills.

Requirements

• Undergraduate, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or other quantitative discipline
• 3-7 years of professional experience developing quantitative infrastructure tools and platforms
• Solid background in math/statistics/finance and familiarity with quantitative research methodologies and machine learning algorithms
• Analyze unique business operational requirements and conduct research in order to design appropriate technical solutions to accommodate those functional needs
• Ability to contribute to the analytics, research, and model development process
• Curiosity to learn about data, models and algorithms and proven track record in analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to develop strong relationships and work across all organizational levels
• Desire to understand the broader context of business decisions

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, refine and increase automation and research infrastructure for modeling the performance of existing collateral and simulation frameworks for future loan originations
• Collaborate with platform (Machine Learning and Engineering) teams to implement framework for automating and presenting analytics, reports, and monitoring
• Collaborate with firm-wide analytics teams to deliver analyses and tools to users across the firm
• Review implementation of models focusing on requirement verification and code quality. Conduct code review for different members of the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Github experience preferred
• Existing github presence 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