Collectors
Collectibles & Trading Cards
136open roles
$133kmedian advertised pay
Atruth index, 89 of 100
51 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
Collectors is a collectibles services company headquartered in Santa Ana, California, that grades, authenticates and stores trading cards, coins, comic books, autographs, video games, tickets and memorabilia. Founded in 1986 as Collectors Universe, it owns brands including PSA, PSA Vault, PCGS, Beckett, SGC and Card Ladder and employs more than 3,000 people with offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the UK and France. It hires grading and quality control specialists, customer care representatives, backend and payments software engineers, security and workplace managers, buyers, finance clerks and maintenance technicians.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 136 open roles at Collectors. Collectors is headquartered in Santa Ana, United States. It was founded in 1986. The median pay stated in its open roles is $130k, across 65 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 136Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Santa Ana, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 1986Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 1000+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $130kPay stated in 65 open postings
- Technologies in its job postings
- 111Named in its job postings
Official records
How Collectors hires
Truth index
A 89/100
Median time to fill
51 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
42%
Reposted roles
0%
Collectors scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 19 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 42% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 51 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
Remote (United States, Japan, UTC-8 – UTC+9 hours) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Tokyo
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$190k – $309k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Francisco
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≈ $160k – $299k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Santa Ana
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Hybrid · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Jersey City
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≈ $160k – $272k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · United States
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Node JS
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MySQL
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$163k – $267k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Los Angeles
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$106k – $171k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
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$160k – $260k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Santa Ana · Los Angeles
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≈ $136k – $236k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 6+ years exp · United States
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Dart
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≈ $160k – $299k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Santa Ana
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$187k – $254k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Master's Degree · Santa Ana
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$141k – $229k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · New York
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$133k
Typical range
$30k – $309k
Open positions
68
60
Jobs
Junior
11.7%
Middle
20%
Senior
48.3%
Staff
8.3%
Principal
3.3%
Architect
8.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 7 | $68k | $36k – $100k |
| Middle | 12 | $110k | $34k – $254k |
| Senior | 29 | $156k | $71k – $229k |
| Staff | 5 | $269k | $147k – $309k |
| Principal | 2 | $300k | $300k |
| Architect | 5 | $260k | $170k – $267k |
Highest paying role
Staff Engineering Manager, Vault
$309k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Collectors
By role, level and city, against the market · 68 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
39/100
Slowing
Open positions
136
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
52 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~12 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
16% ▲
Industrial Engineering
16% ▼
Management
8% ▲
Backend
7% ▼
Finance
7%
Customer Success
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Operations (+9 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+14 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Tigard
Oct 2026
Added A/B Testing to stack
Sep 2026
Added SvelteKit to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenAI Codex to stack
Sep 2026
Added Mandiant capa to stack
Sep 2026
+10 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
People
Daniel Sundheim
Executive Officer, Director
Nathaniel Turner
Executive Officer, Director
Collectors GP LLC
Executive Officer
Cards Parent GP LLC
Executive Officer
Emily Corning
Director
Steven Cohen
Director
Jesse Jacobs
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Collectors over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
111
Postings analysed
78
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
Python26%
JavaScript22%
SQL18%
Java17%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js15%
Spring Boot12%
Svelte10%
Next.js9%
Databases
PostgreSQL19%
DynamoDB15%
MySQL5%
Snowflake4%
Cloud & platforms
AWS33%
Kubernetes19%
AWS Lambda15%
Amazon ECS14%
AI & ML
Claude17%
LLM10%
ChatGPT3%
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111 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
15
Hiring now
15
Countries
5
Busiest office
Santa Ana
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Santa Ana
United States
HQ
US Remote - Tennessee
48 open roles 63 posted in 90 days 15% engineering 25% remote 500-1000 est. staff $133k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Management, Industrial Engineering
Jersey City
United States
Plant / site
US NJ - Hybrid Jersey City
14 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 7% engineering 21% remote 200-500 est. staff $153k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Marketing, Operations
Tokyo
Japan
Regional office
JP Tokyo
13 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 77% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations, Leadership, Support
Boca Raton
United States
Plant / site
US FL – Boca Raton Office
12 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50% remote 50-200 est. staff $86k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Marketing, Field & Service
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Plant / site
GER Germany
11 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $95k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Customer Success, Finance
Plano
United States
Plant / site
US TX - Plano - Summit
9 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 22% remote 50-200 est. staff $99k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Customer Success, Marketing
San Francisco
United States
Remote hub
US Remote - San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley CA
5 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 80% remote 50-200 est. staff $269k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Leadership, Product
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Remote hub
HK Hong Kong
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Administrative, Operations
New Castle
United States
Regional office
Ships Landing
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $105k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, HR, Management
New York
United States
Regional office
US NY - New York - Bleecker Trading
4 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 25% remote 50-200 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Hospitality
London
United Kingdom
Plant / site
ENG England - Hammersmith
3 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 67% remote 50-200 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Marketing
Los Angeles
United States
US Remote - Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA
2 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50% remote 50-200 est. staff $264k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, Communications
San Jose
United States
US Remote - San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA
2 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50% remote 50-200 est. staff $260k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Hospitality
Tigard
United States
US OR - Tigard - Fanatics Vault
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Industrial Engineering
Wilmington
United States
US CA
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $127k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing
Earlier presence
San Diego, United States
Sacramento, United States
Dallas, United States
Houston, United States
Austin, United States
San Antonio, United States
Fort Worth, United States
Tampa, United States
Orlando, United States
Jacksonville, United States
Miami, United States
Seattle, United States
Tacoma, United States
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