Sr. Data Engineer

Description

• Risk Labs is the foundation and core team whose mandate is to build and grow the UMA and Across protocol ecosystems.
• UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. UMA Purpose: UMA is the canonical source of truth that blockchains use to verify real-world data.
• Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO. Across's purpose: To fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible, and more efficient.
• We are looking for a data engineer to help design and scale our data infrastructure.
• You will architect and build data pipelines and work with data analysts who rely on these pipelines.
• You will primarily focus on the Across protocol but may also work on the UMA protocol.

Requirements

• 4+ years full-time experience in Data Engineering at a software, financial services, or related technology organization.
• 2+ years of experience with databases and data pipelines.
• Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity, and comfort in being wrong.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tech and write secure and clean code.
• Passion for blockchain technology, cryptonomic protocol design, game theory, and decentralized finance.
• Growth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written.
• Experience with blockchain-based projects (hackathons or personal projects) is a big bonus.
• Language experience: Python, Solidity, Typescript, GCP.

Responsibilities

• Indexing complex onchain data: Design systems that index complex onchain data for ease of use and speedy access.
• 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.
• Work closely with data analysts who rely on the pipeline.

Benefits

Required Skills