The Role As a Quant Strategist, you'll sit at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and core business decisions. You'll have a direct impact on all facets of the business, applying your quantitative rigor directly to what drives revenue and player experience. You'll build the models and frameworks that power our most critical business decisions. You'd be joining a small, high-output quant team (4 people today) that operates more like a trading desk than a data org. We build the mathematical systems that power Triumph's core business: pricing engines, payout distributions, matchmaking algorithms, risk models, and player behavior systems.
The team is led by a former quant trader, and current members left careers in quantitative trading to be here. The problems are as deep and interesting as what you'd find at a quant fund - constrained optimization, adversarial dynamics, real-money risk - but with more ownership, faster feedback loops, and direct impact on what gets built. You ship something, and you see it in the numbers the next day.
What You'll Do Develop and optimize core risk-taking and revenue-generating algorithms — the pricing engines, payout structures, and edge calculations that are the mathematical backbone of Triumph's business. Own the quantitative framework for Rips by Triumph: pricing models, pack economics, and rarity calibration. Design and analyze experiments (A/B tests and beyond) with rigorous statistical methodology. Identify high-leverage quantitative problems across the business and drive them from formulation to production impact. Partner closely with engineering, product, and leadership to translate model outputs into real-time production systems and strategic decisions. Design and build machine learning models that directly inform acquisition spend and product decisions.
Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a quantitative subject: math, physics, computer science, data science, or a related discipline. True depth and mastery over any quantitative domain: probability, statistics, applied machine learning, computer science, or math. We want spiky people who are confident that they are the best in their discipline. Proficiency in Python and SQL. Experience working with large amounts of data. Preferred Prior experience as a quantitative trader or quantitative researcher. Experience in competitive math, physics, or CS olympiads, or a graduate degree in a quantitative discipline. Nationally competitive in any activity. Some members from our company include national champions in debate, Clash Royale, and Poker. Why Triumph? High growth. Build a high-scale consumer platform that touches gaming, finance, and social with the autonomy to set our web direction. High agency. Small, high-impact engineering team that is growing rapidly with significant opportunity for leadership and growth. High energy. Passionate team who are proud of our work and velocity (16x year over year growth). Competitive salary and
benefits. $400/mo lunch credit, healthcare, vision, dental, 401k, etc. Our team gathers 5 days a week at Triumph’s headquarters at Levi’s Plaza in San Francisco.
Triumph is a rare company that sits at the intersection of technology, entertainment, and culture. We are a real money platform and believe in the financialization of everything.
We have two products we've built on our platform:
Arcade by Triumph: Adding real stakes to in house built video games
Rips by Triumph: Adding the financial layer to the universe of collectables
Both apps are #1 in their respective App Store categories.
Scale & Traction: Triumph processes billions of volume per year, serves millions of users, generates hundreds of millions in revenue, is profitable, and is growing 10x+ year over year.
Our team is elite comprising of ex-quant traders, artists, world champion video game players, and more. We're lucky to build games and experiences users will interact with billions of times while building the financial rails to support billions of volume running through our systems.
We've raised over $65M from top VC's including General Catalyst, Drive by DraftKings, and Goodwater Capital. We're out to build the next 100B entertainment platform where we integrate real money with novel consumer entertainment experiences.
At Triumph your work will immediately touch millions of users, and you'll get to collaborate with some of the greatest artists and entertainers of our generation. You'll also get to work alongside some of the best minds in product, growth, and engineering.
Salary
$160,000 - $240,000
Location
San Francisco, CA
Total raised
$14.1M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.