Data Analyst, Economics
Skills
About the Role
You will combine economics, data science, and blockchain expertise to design, analyze, and operationalize economic models for production applications. You will build and maintain systems for parameterizing production systems, run models and simulations, optimize network incentives, and coordinate cross-functionally to implement data-driven solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in a quantitative role, particularly trading or quant research
- Deep understanding of financial and crypto markets and incentives
- Extensive financial modeling background including data engineering and model automation
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience solving economic problems through statistical or econometric analyses
- Substantial data analysis or data science experience
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Preferred smart contract programming experience (Rust, Go, Solidity) or familiarity with smart contract code and dApp architecture
- Preferred Masters-level economics or finance background or multiple years of industry experience
- Preferred published research with an economics or crypto focus
Responsibilities
- Design and perform analyses to inform Economics and Executive Leadership decisions
- Build and maintain systems for parameterization of production applications
- Design novel mechanisms and incentive schemes
- Build models and simulations to evaluate investment opportunities
- Design and parameterize trading systems
- Optimize parameters for production applications
- Operationalize processes and coordinate cross-functionally
- Engage with Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Science to understand network dynamics