About the company
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the UMA and Across projects. UMA and Across are decentralized protocols governed by community members across the globe in DAOs, and are supported by Risk Labs Foundation. UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
📍Indexing complex onchain data: Design systems that index complex onchain data for ease of use and speedy access. Gas efficient protocols rely on indexing to keep user experiences snappy, pleasant, and cheap. 📍Data engineering: Design and develop large-scale data pipelines to provide the data which drives our understanding of users and our protocol’s real-world performance. 📍Code review and mentorship: Write code in a highly collaborative open source ecosystem. As much of your day will be spent reviewing and designing code as it will be writing new code. We take pride in writing clean code.
Requirements
đź“Ť4+ years full-time experience in Data Engineering at a software, financial services, or related technology organization đź“Ť2+ years of experience with databases and data pipelines đź“ŤOutstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong đź“ŤDemonstrated ability to learn new tech and write secure and clean code đź“ŤPassion for blockchain technology, cryptonomic protocol design, game theory, and decentralized finance đź“ŤGrowth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you đź“ŤStrong communication and collaboration skills, especially written đź“ŤExperience with blockchain-based projects (hackathons or personal projects as well) is a big bonus, but not absolutely required
