Quantitative Analytics Manager

Affirm

105d • $191,000 - $265,000

About The Position

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. At Affirm, we are using today's technology to bring significant innovation to the financial industry. Since day one, our mission has been to deliver honest financial products that improve lives. That mission hasn’t changed — and it never will. We’re looking for an individual to join the Merchant Pricing team! This team is responsible for enabling efficient value exchange between Affirm’s merchants, consumers, and strategic partners. As a Quantitative Analytics Manager, you’ll help optimize our portfolio segments at scale and refine the analytical tooling to get us there. Your day-to-day focus will be to develop analytical capabilities to enhance our research infrastructure, and to apply your knowledge to improve Affirm’s loan economics. This is a high-impact role focused on making prudent decisions that drive profitable growth.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in an analytical or quantitative role
• Practical knowledge of fixed income, financial modeling, asset pricing, and consumer financial services
• Familiarity in applying Python and SQL to analyze large data sets
• Existing Github presence or portfolio of former projects

Nice To Haves

• PySpark experience is a plus
• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics, Finance, or Financial Engineering is a plus

Responsibilities

• Apply and develop AI-powered, machine learning models to simulate and analyze risk on Affirm’s loan portfolio
• Ideate, validate, implement, and track performance of pricing recommendations that were generated by discrete optimization methods
• Build expertise in our evolving data warehouse, risk models, and optimization methodologies
• Assist in launching user-level pricing experiments and monitor against model results
• Partner with our Credit, Product, Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, Commercial, Finance and Capital Markets teams on company-wide initiatives

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• Generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees