Data Engineer

Summary

Join Nansen, a leading blockchain analytics platform, as a Data Engineer to build and optimize systems for our customer-facing analytics product. You will collaborate with a team of engineers and product managers to model, surface, and productize data, tackling large-scale data challenges daily. Design, build, and scale performant data pipelines and infrastructure using ClickHouse and dbt, ensuring high data quality and reliability. Utilize AI tools to accelerate development and automation. This role requires expertise in SQL and Python, experience with dbt, ClickHouse, and BigQuery, and a strong understanding of streaming data architectures. Nansen offers a remote-first, async-native work environment and a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Requirements

• A proven track record of building and scaling high-performance data systems in production
• Expertise in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience using dbt, ClickHouse, and BigQuery
• Strong grasp of streaming data architectures and experience handling large-scale data volumes
• Comfortable working full-stack with data, from ingestion and transformation to storage, modeling, and serving
• Experience using AI-powered tools in day-to-day development and a natural curiosity to push boundaries with them
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You’re confident working in a remote-first, async team
• A pragmatic, execution-oriented mindset. You value fast feedback loops, clean architecture, and scalable design

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with crypto researchers, other engineers, and product managers to shape how data is modeled, surfaced, and productized
• Tackle large-scale data challenges, processing terabytes of streaming and batch data daily
• Design, build, and scale performant data pipelines and infrastructure, primarily using ClickHouse and dbt
• Ensure high standards for data quality, reliability, and observability across all systems
• Bring fresh thinking to the table, staying current with best practices and evolving your toolkit over time
• Use AI tools and Agents such as Cursor, MCPs and LLMs to accelerate development, automate repetitive work, and boost quality

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with, or strong interest in, blockchain data structures, crypto, and Web3 technologies

Benefits

• Remote-first & async-native: Work from anywhere. No unnecessary meetings
• AI-native team: Work in a team of AI trailblazers
• High-impact work: You’ll shape the data architecture of a fast-growing crypto platform
• Work on massive-scale data challenges in one of the fastest-growing industries
• Influence product and technical direction from day one
• Build systems that power the decision-making of crypto investors around the world
• Join a team that values autonomy, impact, and execution above all
• We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, tailored to a remote-first environment