About the company
Coin Metrics is the leading provider of crypto financial intelligence, offering network data, market data, indexes and network risk solutions to a wide range of market participants and observers . Since 2017, we have served the industry by offering granular data and insight dashboards that surface both blockchain and market trends. Our aim is to help builders as well as investors create new and sophisticated markets that are transforming how the world understands value. Our service is unique, our history is deep, and our market position gives us a front-row seat into the evolution of not just a new industry, but also its impact on global finance.
Job Summary
YOUR VALUE
šUnderstanding and creating relevant research (including protocol overviews) on blockchain protocolsā inner workings (infrastructure requirements, data structures, governance, economics, etc)
šAssessing various blockchain clients and the RPC / API interfaces, understanding the data structures, and documenting the end-to-end interaction with these protocols from the perspective of node running and data interpretation
šWorking with blockchain protocol teams and communities to help Coin Metrics act as a trusted partner and steward of their networks, providing feedback and actively contributing to their open source efforts
šStaying on top of protocol changes and how those changes impact Coin Metricsā downstream applications
šCollaborating with backend data extraction and interpretation teams and infrastructure teams to alert them of protocol changes that could impact Coin Metricsā applications/operations
šWorking collaboratively with our research, engineering and infrastructure teams to increase our on-chain asset coverage
šActing as the relevant protocol expert on sales and client service interactions
YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
šDeep knowledge of and interest in blockchain networks and their data structures (you want to live and breath crypto protocols) šProficiency in a major programming language such as Kotlin/Java/Python (Kotlin preferred or willingness to learn Kotlin if not already proficient) šProficiency in SQL (preferably PostgreSQL) šProficiency building, maintaining, testing data pipelines and warehousing šParticipation (e.g., engaging with protocol teams, making proposals, providing feedback) in a blockchain community is a plus šStrong sense of ownership, entrepreneurial spirit, and/or startup-like experience, capable of driving towards solutions independently while seeking feedback when appropriate
