About the company
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the UMA and Across projects. UMA and Across are decentralized protocols governed by community members across the globe in DAOs, and are supported by Risk Labs Foundation. UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
📍Indexing complex onchain data: Design systems that index complex onchain data for ease of use and speedy access. Gas efficient protocols rely on indexing to keep user experiences snappy, pleasant, and cheap. 📍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. As much of your day will be spent reviewing and designing code as it will be writing new code. We take pride in writing clean code. 📍Leading and Scaling teams: Manage priorities, scope deliverables, and project manage alongside various stakeholders. Be willing to think strategically about team coaching and structure, while also getting your hands in the weeds with data engineering work. 📍Data Analysis and Research: Translate business problems into scalable engineering solutions, based on a strong intuition and an ability to see beyond just technical requirements but a more holistic picture based on analysis, research, data, and the data engineering knowledge. 📍Product mindset: naturally curious to dive deep and understand what the business needs, collaborating with product management, data science, engineering, marketing, etc to drive impact through data
Reqquirements
📍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 📍1+ years of experience managing people or teams (bonus if you’ve been part of leading teams through scale) 📍Outstanding critical thinking skills; 📍Low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong 📍Strong coaching and communication skills 📍Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management 📍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