Quantitative Analyst I, Capital

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (USA)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $102,000 - $155,000 (Base Pay Grade - I, Equity Grade - 5)

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. We’re looking for a smart, driven individual to join our Quantitative Markets team. The Quantitative Markets team is responsible for structuring and pricing Affirm’s debt funding deals, developing platforms and tools for optimizing funding strategies, and building data-driven models to analyze and predict the performance of Affirm’s consumer loans. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in process automation and optimization as well as development and implementation of quantitative and/or machine learning models. Given the cross-functional nature of the role, the ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and communication skills.

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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 1-3 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 tools such as Python/R.
• Experience building quantitative models or implementing machine learning models is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to collaborate and influence across different teams in the organization.
• Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment.
• Desire to understand the broader context of business decisions.

Application Instructions

• No specific application instructions were provided.

Company Information

• Company: Affirm
• Work Model: Remote-First (Majority of roles are remote, allowing work from almost anywhere within the country of employment.)
• Benefits:
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
• Equity Grade: 5
• Additional Information: #LI-Remote