Data Scientist/Data Analyst for Advanced Bitcoin Analytics

We are looking for a skilled data scientist or data analyst that has a passion for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Your task would be to use SQL and Data Science to process and understand the bitcoin transaction data. You will help us classify the bitcoin wallets in categories (Exchanges, Darknets, Mining pools, etc), and help us make interesting statistics and graphs about on-chain activity.

You will also lead the development of Analytics contracts and present progress to our clients. This research activity helps our clients, in particular other analytics firms and financial regulators, understand Bitcoin activities, fight money laundering and increase trust in the crypto ecosystem.

The job is:

• Immediate Start
• Fully Remote or in Hong Kong
• At least 25 hours per week

You need to have (required):

• Strong Interest in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency analytics
• Very solid SQL skills (Large part of your work will involve deeply nested SQL queries)
• An analytical mind and capacity to independently solve complex problems
• 2+ years experience in Python, Java, Go or C++
• Strong experience in Data analysis and visualization
• Excellent English, written and spoken

Preferred:

• Used Cloud Compute services before (GCP Bigquery, Cloud SQL, AWS Athena…)
• Worked with Software involving Bitcoin transactions in the past
• Have an understanding of the Bitcoin UTXO transaction model
• Have a detailed understanding of how cryptocurrency exchanges work (Hotwallets, Coldwallets, Deposit wallets, etc)
• If you come from a Top 100 University (according to ARWU, THE, or QS rankings), then we can sponsor a visa for you to work in Hong Kong and your salary gets subsidized, so we can pay you more. Please mention it in your application, this will increase your chances!

Benefits

• Flexible Work Culture
• Job is 100% remote (our startup is distributed) and hours are flexible - Work from anywhere
• Join an already experienced Bitcoin Analytics team and learn with them
• Work directly with the founder and clients
• Ability to take customer facing roles and evolve towards Lead Data Scientist, CTO, or Product Manager

About Us

Blockdynamics is a Hong Kong-based crypto analytics startup. We use big data analysis to map and understand the activity on crypto networks, in particular Bitcoin and Ethereum. This provides investors with relevant trigger signals, crypto exchanges with the tools for anti-money laundering compliance, and regulators with the means for market oversight. With this data-driven approach, we aim to provide cutting edge research and insights to the blockchain community as a whole. Our team has engineers from top world universities such as UC Berkeley and ETH Zürich.

Our Goals:

• Become the world’s top Bitcoin Analytics services provider
• Develop an Bitcoin Analytics Product which will leverage the knowledge & data we gain from our consulting services. Suitable candidates to this job can also become co-founders of the company / product.

Why join us?

• We are an ambitious and open-minded startup. You make the rules as long as it serves our goals.
• Work from wherever you like.
• Know a better way to achieve the same goal? We encourage dissent and have a horizontal work culture.
• Have a stake in the startup. Every long term employee gets stock options.

How to Apply

If you think you are a good fit for this job, fill out the online questionnaire (see “Apply now” link) to fill out so we can evaluate the fit better. Looking forward to your applications!