About the job
Alt is revolutionizing the landscape of alternative assets, beginning with the booming $5 billion trading-card market. We empower collectors to buy, sell, store, and finance their cards all in one platform, supported by influential leaders at Stripe, Coinbase, Seven Seven Six, and renowned athletes like Tom Brady and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Our next big goal is to implement real-time pricing at scale, the Alt Value that drives every transaction, loan, and product on our platform.
The Role
Are you a passionate data engineer excited about creating robust data pipelines and tackling intricate data challenges? In this position, you will oversee Alt's vital data infrastructure that underpins our pricing model and marketplace insights by effectively ingesting transaction and listing data from a variety of external marketplaces. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that our data pipelines deliver timely, accurate information that informs pricing strategies, market analytics, and business intelligence across the platform.
What You Will Do Here
- Design, optimize, and manage data pipelines that scrape, process, and ingest transaction and listing data from major auction houses and marketplaces.
- Develop comprehensive monitoring and alert systems to track latency, uptime, and coverage metrics across all data sources.
- Continuously enhance our data infrastructure by modernizing storage and processing technologies, minimizing manual interventions, and optimizing for cost, performance, and reliability.
- Collaborate with internal teams to comprehend data usage patterns and ensure pipelines deliver clean, standardized data that meets product specifications.
This Position is Ideal for You If You...
- Value data quality and recognize that extraction is just the beginning, the real value lies in delivering clean and usable data.
- Flourish in a startup environment where your contributions have immediate impact and you can take ownership of critical systems from start to finish.
- Prefer a step-by-step approach to enhancements, favoring evidence-based decisions over complete system replacements.
- Are intellectually curious about data flow within systems and eager to explore automation opportunities.
- Desire to work at the intersection of data engineering and product, understanding how your pipelines directly influence business outcomes.
