Alt · 8 hours ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $270K/yr
10+ years expAlt is unlocking the value of alternative assets, starting with the $5 B trading-card market. In this role, you'll be responsible for Alt's core card pricing model and will apply your expertise in data science and ML operations to improve model accuracy and optimize infrastructure for scalability and cost-effectiveness.
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Responsibilities
Optimize our pricing model to significantly reduce infrastructure costs while maintaining and improving its accuracy especially for high value cards
Iterate on our underwriting model to maximize cash advance disbursements while maintaining target risk thresholds and default rates
Lead the full ML lifecycle from model training and feature generation to production deployment and monitoring
Collaborate closely with our Expert Pricers to become a domain expert in the trading card market and inform model improvements
Design and execute experiments and backtesting to discover and validate new features that improve the model's predictive power
Own the model's AWS infrastructure, writing code for our pricing API to ensure the model can serve at scale and with low latency
Qualification
Required
10+ years of total engineering experience with at least 4-5 years of direct machine learning experience
Expertise in Python with hands-on experience using libraries such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, and pandas
A strong foundation in ML Ops and infrastructure, with experience deploying models on AWS using tools like ECS and Docker
Experience in data orchestration using Airflow for model training and batch jobs
A demonstrated ability to improve model accuracy through feature generation and experimentation
Experience working with Random Forest, ensemble methods or pricing/underwriting models in a similar marketplace environment
Preferred
Are passionate about trading cards or a similar alternative asset class, with a desire to go deep on the domain
Are a hands-on individual contributor who thrives in a zero-to-one startup environment
Want to own a business-critical system and have the opportunity to build a team around you
Are pragmatic and prefer to build a solution to a problem, not replace an entire system just for the sake of it
Are highly curious with a strong desire to learn
Benefits
$100/month work-from-home stipend
$200/month wellness stipend
WeWork office stipend
401(k) retirement benefits
Flexible vacation policy
Generous paid parental leave
Competitive healthcare benefits, including HSA, for you and your dependent(s)
Company
Alt
Alt is an online marketplace that enables users to buy, sell, and vault authenticated trading cards.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$146.01MKey Investors
Trinity CapitalSpearheadSeven Seven Six
2025-07-18Debt Financing· $40M
2023-01-01Series Unknown
2021-11-08Series B· $75M
Leadership Team
Leore Avidar
Founder and CEO
Recent News
2025-11-14
2025-07-19
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