Foundry Digital is hiring a
Research Analyst in United States

Summary

The Research Analyst is a position at Foundry, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, where the employee will advance Foundry's institutional understanding of Bitcoin, Bitcoin mining, and the broader digital asset industry by creating technical reports and acting as an internal advisor on technical protocol matters. The role requires 2 years of experience in technology, financial services, or academic fields, and a strong understanding of Bitcoin and the digital asset space.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience in technology, financial services, or academic fields
• Understanding of Bitcoin and the broader digital asset space via direct experience with operating a node, mining, staking, or analyzing protocol source code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; concise and actionable articulation of complex concepts for a non-technical audience
• Ability to interact with large data sets programmatically (SQL, Python) including on-chain data, financial data, and energy market data
• Goal oriented and self-motivated; Comfort working remotely and with a team of pseudonymous individuals. Some Travel may be required

Responsibilities

• Creating technical reports focused on Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin data, emerging Bitcoin technical changes, and other in scope digital assets
• Identifying and analyzing trends in the mining industry
• Acting as an internal advisor to other teams on technical protocol matters
• Disseminating research findings to leadership and broader Foundry team
• Working with Data team to identify, capture, and interpret key metrics from various sources including on-chain and power markets
• Supporting early development proof of concept tooling, applications, and products as a technical resource to developers
• Working with Strategy and Finance teams on bitcoin industry research and modeling of impacts to Foundry USA Pool
• Supporting external communication on Bitcoin mining technology and industry trends
• Identifying, digesting, and disseminating overviews of external research

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in History, Philosophy, Computer Science, or Finance
• Demonstrated contributions to the digital asset industry
• Experience mining bitcoin with ASICs
• Experience operating a Lightning node

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, bonus and incentive compensation
• Unlimited PTO / Flexible time off - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Professional development budget with flexibility for personal and professional growth
• Outstanding health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
• Life insurance, short-term & long-term disability coverage
• 401K plan with company contribution (Bermuda: Private pension plan with company contribution)
• Flexible spending programs for medical and dependent care (Not available for Bermuda positions)
• Paid parental leave