Remote Senior Blockchain Data Researcher

Summary

The job is for a Senior Researcher at Syndica, a company focused on Web3 RPC infrastructure. The role involves leading research across various web3 domains, using tools like Flipside and Dune, staying updated with industry best practices, creating data visualizations, analyzing whitepapers, and collaborating with the Research team.

Requirements

• You have 2+ years of experience in blockchain data analysis
• Advanced knowledge of SQL (indexes, subqueries, CTEs, basic profiling)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or statistical computing language such as Python or R
• Experience within and of data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, etc
• Continuously engaged in learning
• Comfortability in engaging with developer communities on Twitter, Telegram, Discord, and blockchain research forums

Responsibilities

• Perform research and derive insights from topics such as L1/L2 blockchain and roll-up performance and adoption, NFT marketplaces, creator economies, and compression engines, DePIN networks (physical and digital infrastructure / Artificial Intelligence), DeFi protocols (DEXs, AMMs, stablecoins, derivative markets, borrow/lend), Centralized Exchange (CEX) flows, Interoperability and bridging protocols, Payments infrastructure (mobile, on-ramps, enterprise & consumer), Data provenance and storage capabilities, Decentralized social graphs, DAO activity, dApp developer practices and more
• Leverage tools such as Flipside and Dune to pull relevant data
• Stay on top of industry best practices for on-chain research (tools, data sources, technologies) as well as broader web3 knowledge
• Use data visualizations to effectively illustrate complex relationships, trends, etc
• Analyze respective whitepapers to cultivate an understanding of a project’s on-chain data
• Collaborate as a part of the Research team to prepare reports for external distribution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience being a team lead, mentoring junior analysts, and collaborating with other line-of-business leaders
• Advanced understanding of Solana, EVM, and related technical domains (Validators, RPC) with experience parsing block explorers such as Solscan and Etherscan