Researcher

Key Responsibilities: • Assist the investment team in screening projects by reading protocol specifications and evaluating the technical frameworks and structures. • Working closely with technical teams on their crypto-economic model, smart contract security, and other questions that come up around protocols and software • Analyse on-chain data, market data, and social media data and build models and visualizations that provide intuitive analytics for understanding the market state and support investment decisions as well as strategy/thesis development. • Build and maintain internal dashboards and/or other internal data libraries which produce actionable inputs for our investment, research, or content needs. • Explore, source, examine and research early opportunities in existing and emerging ecosystems, through deep research and market mapping; • Perform data-driven due diligence on investment prospects with the aim of creating conclusive investment recommendations • Work towards identifying and understanding user behavior and other insights, trends or dynamics within the various ecosystems, narratives, or industry as a whole. Requirements: • 1-4 years research experience is preferred; • Degree in technical areas preferred (engineering, economics, mathematics); with a native understanding of blockchain technology; and experience interpreting technical white papers is a must. • Robust understanding of computer science, cryptoassets and blockchain; • Ability to efficiently manipulate, process, and visualise data from large sets of public APIs and databases; • Ability to aggregate information from a variety of sources including technical repositories and anecdotal feedback from teams, then draw informed conclusions from incomplete information • Familiarity with Dune Analytics, working knowledge of SQL and Python (or similar statistical programming languages); • Distinguished verbal communication and interpersonal skills;. • An ability to work well within a team and be self-guided on a day-to-day basis.