Senior Data Scientist, Advanced Analytics

Summary

Join TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company, as a Senior Data Scientist to lead the development and implementation of critical analytics products. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and go-to-market teams to uncover valuable information for detecting and mitigating cryptocurrency fraud. Your responsibilities include leading the implementation of new analytics products, prioritizing the product suite based on market demands, collaborating with customers to understand their needs, and developing complex statistical analyses and visualizations. You will also collaborate with engineers and researchers to design algorithms for analyzing blockchain data and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This role requires a strong quantitative background, 8+ years of analytical experience, customer-facing experience, and proficiency in SQL and Python. The position offers opportunities for professional development and is part of a collaborative, globally distributed team.

Requirements

• Your academic background is in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics or Physics
• You have 8+ years of experience working in an analytical role
• You have customer facing experience and you enjoy sitting with the customers to understand their challenges
• You have a strong knowledge of relational databases, (e.g. SQL)
• You have proven experience with at least one programming language (Python preferred) and are comfortable developing code in a team environment (e.g. git, notebooks, testing)
• You have a strong experience building scalable data and analytics products from design to deployment phases
• You think about data in terms of statistical distributions and have a big enough analytics toolbox to know how to find patterns in data and identify targets for performance
• You are delivery-oriented and you are experience in a face-paced environment
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience in influencing decisions with information
• You have a high tolerance for ambiguity. You find a way through. You anticipate. You connect and synthesize

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of new advanced analytics products that allow our customers to explore and uncover hidden insights through complex blockchain data such as assessing the risk of DeFi services, stablecoins, global regulations and other crypto-trends
• Lead the roadmap and prioritisation of the analytics customer products suite based on market demands
• Use your high-level business acumen to collaborate with our go-to-market team and work directly with our customers to understand their challenges and pain points in order to creatively translate them into impactful models and products
• Develop complex statistical analysis, algorithms, and interactive visualizations that will be consumed by former FBI, Secret Service, and Europol agents and analysts to detect new threat vectors unique to cryptocurrencies and blockchains
• Collaborate with engineers and research scientists to design algorithms to analyze complex data structures inherent to cryptocurrencies and blockchains. This will involve working with distributed ledger technologies, cryptographic protocols, and transactional data to uncover suspicious activities
• As a leader in the team, you will collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, and research scientists to align on project goals, methodologies, and deliverables. You will communicate your findings and insights effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Develop your skills through exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues
• Establish best practices and statistical rigor around data-driven decision-making

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree preferred

Benefits

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $175,000
• Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan
• Work alongside top experts and learn every day
• Embrace a growth mindset with development opportunities tailored to your role
• Take on high-impact challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• As a remote-first company, TRM Labs is built for global collaboration