About the company
dYdX is the leading DeFi protocol developer for advanced trading. Trade cryptocurrencies with low fees, deep liquidity, and up to 20× Buying Power.
Job Summary
RESPONSIBILITIES: You will oversee the research organization at dYdX. Research has a wide mandate including: Cutting edge research into market structure on a distributed exchange. Internal-facing analysis to help the business understand its users and product External-facing projects to contribute to the global conversation on protocol design / trading / DeFi evolution Educational content to help our audience become more sophisticated traders and users of our product You will personally own a broad set of research projects across a wide variety of topics Provide advisory services to other parts of the business on analytical / quantitative problems Release a regular schedule of research pieces across external platforms Collaborate with dYdX partners to enrich the research perspective
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s (or equivalent experience) in math / computer science / physics / statistics or other STEM degree Exceptional written and verbal communication skills Project management, time management, and ability to multitask Deep desire to ask questions, understand data, and develop hypotheses 3 years working experience in a technical role (developer / analyst / quant / data scientist)
NICE TO HAVES: Experience in or knowledge of trading (especially HFT), market structure, and derivatives 2 years of managerial experience Knowledge of and passion for everything in DeFi (especially dYdX!) and web3 with a track record Ideally have an existing personal research/content brand Experience with our technologies: SQL / Python / Pandas / xarray