Data Scientist

Summary

Join Ondo Finance as their first Data Scientist to lead data and analytics initiatives. You will build on-chain analytics infrastructure, develop data pipelines, and deliver actionable insights across their product suite. Leveraging blockchain data tools like Dune and Flipside, you'll track market trends, competitor activity, and smart contract volumes. Success requires technical proficiency in Python, SQL, and R, and strong communication skills. This role offers the chance to shape the data foundation of a leading organization in tokenized real-world assets. You will work with a small, remote-first team and receive competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• 3-4 years of experience as a Data Scientist and/or Data Analyst
• 1+ year(s) as a Data Scientist at a web3/crypto company or demonstrated experience working with blockchain data and web3 technologies
• Strong proficiency in writing complex queries, statistical analysis and programming languages such as Python, SQL and R
• Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies
• Web3 product sense - you are a active user
• Experience with and knowledge of DeFi
• Strong proficiency in data visualization tools and BI platforms
• Experience with ETL processes and data pipeline development
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Establish comprehensive onchain analytics infrastructure for tracking and analyzing tokenized treasury products and bridge volumes
• Develop robust data visualization and reporting systems to provide actionable insights for business decisions
• Create and maintain efficient data pipelines for monitoring competitor activity and market trends
• Implement automated tracking systems for market maker distributions and smart contract volumes
• Be our first data scientist - lead all efforts to track and measure Ondo on-chain and off-chain data and and analytics across products like Ondo tokenized equities & ETFs, USDY, OUSG and Ondo Chain
• Be an onchain data wizard - you should already be deep in Dune, Flipside, block explorers, Birdeye/Dexscreener APIs, CEX APIs
• Monitor and analyze relevant competitive and industry data
• Develop and maintain client-side analytics Ondo web products
• Have strong opinions on data infrastructure stack including BI tools/data visualizations, event tracking, ETL, data warehousing and feature flags/AB tests
• Support onchain accounting processes and operations automation
• Generate data-driven insights for marketing, external presentations, and strategic planning

Preferred Qualifications

• Public dashboards on Dune, Flipside or other open-source web3 data visualization platforms
• Understands concepts at the intersection of on-chain data and DeFi like risk modeling, collateral ratios, MEV, oracle data feeds
• Familiarity with market making and trading systems

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) — we're well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation
• Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO)
• Small remote-first team across many countries — you'll be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices
• A+ colleagues — our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, Pinterest, McKinsey, Circle, Uniswap, Phantom
• Best-in-class investors — we are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures