Senior Data Scientist

About ParaSwap

ParaSwap is the leading DeFi aggregator that unites the liquidity of decentralized exchanges and lending protocols into one comprehensive and secure interface and APIs. Our core mission is to drive DeFi participation to new heights by offering secure, efficient and optimized trading solutions for individual traders and financial institutions to tap effortlessly into the fragmented liquidity pools.

We are an international diverse team based around the globe, all working fully remotely with our main language being English. We also have an office in Paris. We demonstrate a true passion for building something great and love it when people go out of their way to make our products better. By working at ParaSwap you will play an integral role and your work will have a direct impact on the success of the company.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented Blockchain Data Scientist / Engineer with experience in designing, building, maintaining data pipelines and putting them into production. As a data engineer, you will be involved in all aspects of data collection, cleaning and processing, ensuring quality and availability of data. You will collaborate closely with the Engineering team (front-end, back-end, and blockchain engineers) defining requirements and designing new data processes, as well as maintaining and improving existing ones.

Responsibilities

• Help us answer questions about problems we're facing and translate business needs into actionable data signals
• Provide reliable, secure and maintainable modeling framework and deploy them into production
• Maintain documentation and code/scripts of calculation or algorithmic methods for metrics or processes to ensure scalability and permanence
• Build data visualization tools or dashboards
• Help ParaSwap and broader Ethereum ecosystem by contributing to open source, publishing data sets and analyses, and establishing best practices for working with blockchain data

Requirements

• Formal training in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or any other tech-related field
• 2+ years experience building, maintaining and testing data pipelines
• Proficiency in a major programming language such as Python and JavaScript
• Proficiency in SQL
• Knowledge of Blockchain and Ethereum smart contracts and web3 technologies is a big plus
• Strong sense of ownership, entrepreneurial spirit, and startup-like experience
• Capable of driving towards solutions independently while seeking feedback when appropriate
• Strong curiosity and passion for decentralized economies/open finance is a plus

Personal Characteristics

• Strong team player, motivate and support team, able to collaborate cross-functional
• Excellent relationship building and engagement with people from all different backgrounds, roles, and levels
• Lateral thinker and problem solver. Agile and not against change. Innovative and proactive to drive initiatives
• Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to promptly establish priorities and actionable insights
• Able to exercise judgment, work under pressure, and be flexible to liaise effectively with various business units and groups
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization from external vendors to senior leadership

Benefits

• Work on a completely new paradigm where DeFi meets CeFi, institutions and TradeFi, with the DAO as the biggest shareholder
• A world class team of top notch individuals
• Direct connections to top DeFi core teams
• Competitive compensation package (Fix + Tokens)
• Fully remote environment or local co-working spaces
• Flexible working hours
• Quarterly company meeting to gather all the members together
• Participation in major crypto conferences
• High end work equipment (laptop, desk, phone)