About us:

Syndica is creating the Cloud of Web3. We supply the most critical applications in Web3 with enterprise-grade RPC infrastructure and developer tools tailored for the Solana ecosystem. Joining our team means you’ll be held to a high standard, technically challenged, and grow close to a group of individuals passionate about building new infrastructure technologies.

We are backed by strategic partners, investors, and advisors who are all-in on our mission: Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Steve Jang of Kindred Ventures, Joe McCann of Asymmetric, Jump Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Ventures, Circle Ventures, and many more.

About this role:

As a Blockchain Data Analyst, you will have the primary responsibility of producing innovative insights and analysis as a part of the Research team at Syndica. A successful candidate must have demonstrable data research experience highlighting emerging trends. The ideal candidate will also have an understanding of blockchain technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform research and derive insights from topics such as movement and behavior within: 

  • L1/L2 blockchain and roll-up performance and adoption

  • NFT marketplaces, creator economies, and compression engines, 

  • DePIN networks (physical and digital infrastructure / Artificial Intelligence), 

  • DeFi protocols (DEXs, AMMs, stablecoins, derivative markets, borrow/lend), 

  • Centralized Exchange (CEX) flows,

  • Interoperability and bridging protocols, 

  • Payments infrastructure (mobile, on-ramps, enterprise & consumer), 

  • Data provenance and storage capabilities, 

  • Decentralized social graphs, 

  • DAO activity,

  • dApp developer practices and more → see our research blog posts to get an idea of the depth and breadth of our content

• Leverage tools such as Flipside and Dune to pull relevant data

• Stay on top of industry best practices for on-chain research (tools, data sources, technologies) as well as broader web3 knowledge

• Use data visualizations to effectively illustrate complex relationships, trends, etc.

• Collaborate as a part of the Research team to prepare reports for external distribution

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in blockchain data analysis with a strong emphasis on deriving first principle, out-of-the-box insights

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of SQL (indexes, subqueries, CTEs, basic profiling)

• Proficiency in at least one scripting or statistical computing language such as Python or R,  and relevant data analytics packages (Pandas, matplotlib, dplyr, ggplot)

• Experience within and of data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, etc.

• Continuously engaged in learning, demonstrating a proactive approach to tasks and responsibilities

• Capable of thriving in a rapidly changing environment, adeptly adjusting to shifting priorities

• Comfortability in engaging with developer communities on Twitter, Telegram, Discord, and blockchain research forums

• Analyze respective whitepapers to cultivate an understanding of a project’s on-chain data

• Align a portion of your day with the business hours of Central Time Zone - UTC -6

Standout experience

• Strong understanding of Solana, EVM, related technical domains (Validators, RPC), and experience parsing block explorers such as Solscan and Etherscan

• Good foundational knowledge of SQL, Python (Pandas) and REST APIs

What does success in this role look like?

• In three months, you have become our go-to analyst working on important topics, shipping consistently.

• In six months, you have earned the trust of the team and you are delivering research while working closely with our C-Suite to help reach our common goals.

• In twelve months, you have established a cadence of predictable, on-time delivery of best-in-class research.