Description
Chaos Labs is the first automated, on-chain economic security system enabling crypto protocols to optimize risk management and capital efficiency while protecting user funds. We use world-class custom EVM and on-chain simulations to understand protocol mechanics and scenario implications.
Our platform and tools are used by leading protocols, helping them manage and secure billions of dollars in assets such as Aave, Benqi, Osmosis, Uniswap, and more.
We’re scaling the data science team in our New York (Williamsburg) office to help build trailblazing models and products to better secure DeFi protocols. This team will be influential in building financial simulation models to monitor and optimize risk across DeFi.
We are looking for candidates with domain expertise in financial modeling and a deep interest in crypto.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside leading crypto engineers and product managers to deep dive into market-leading protocols and help drive game-changing insights and predictions (see example)
- Lead and drive innovative research to understand how different actors in the crypto market behave and interact, and drive modeling of such actors into Chaos Labs’ simulation platform
- Present your insights and suggestions to audiences both internally and externally with the opportunity to publish industry-defining research
- Explore new algorithms and techniques to surface insights in DeFi security and optimizations
- Build data models and visualizations of public blockchain data and simulation results that provide intuitive analytics to customers such as AAVE, Uniswap, dydx, and others
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional experience in Data Science - a must
- Previous experience in FinTech or DeFi domains - a must
- Experience in derivative trading - a plus
- Broader understanding of crypto and blockchain ecosystem - a plus
- Solid understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms
- Hands-on experience with Python and relevant data science packages
- You love working in small, dynamic, fast-paced teams that encourage you to learn and grow
- Bonus points for prior web3 experience using Dune or writing smart contracts
Our Perks:
- Flexible hybrid work environment.
- Competitive PTO (21 days) + sick days (7) + 8 observed US-company holidays.
- 100% employer-paid health benefit options (Medical, dental & vision insurance) for you and your dependents.
- FSA or HSA (pending on selected health insurance).
- Generous 401k plan with employer match.
- Thoughtful Parental Leave Policy.
- Corporate wellness programs with OneMedical, Teladoc, Talkspace, EAP.
- Career growth opportunities at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field with personalized professional development.
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefits.
- Salary and seniority level commensurate with experience (range: $130-150K USD)
Top Skills
What We Do
Decentralized blockchain applications introduce a myriad of technical challenges, security vulnerabilities and attack vectors.
With DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols now securing hundreds of billions in value in production, the stakes have never been higher. With new technological primitives and bustling innovation, new security paradigms are required. dApps leverage open source modules and often consume other protocols in order to create new applications. This introduces a dependency heavy software architecture which makes it an ideal candidate for runtime verification.
Chaos Labs is a cloud platform which enables teams to create high-fidelity agent and scenario-based simulations on mainnet forks, offering a real-world testing environment. By providing a rich library of customizable agents and scenarios, teams can rapidly speed up development and reduce their go-to-market time, helping them stay competitive without compromising on the security of their protocol.
Additionally, Chaos Labs focuses on developer tooling and cloud infrastructure, allowing teams to move fast on stable infrastructure. The platform is currently live for protocols on the Ethereum network and later expanding to additional blockchains such as Terra, NEAR and Polygon.
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