Description
Data Scientist
Location: Remote (US), New York, NY
Department: Engineering
Location Type: REMOTE
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
At dYdX you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Growth Analytics
- Collaborate closely with marketing and other cross-functional teams to understand campaign strategies, lifecycle efforts, product usage metrics, and translate those into actionable data insights using tools like SQL and Mode
- Analyze growth funnels, campaign performance, and user cohorts to identify key acquisition and retention drivers to inform product decisions
- Own attribution and cohort analyses across marketing channels to optimize user acquisition strategy
- Design and evaluate A/B tests and lifecycle marketing strategies to improve user conversion and engagement
Data Infrastructure & Enablement
- Design and maintain scalable data pipelines and structured models in the data warehouse (e.g., using SQL) to power marketing dashboards, campaign tracking, and self-serve analytics
- Build pipelines for blockchain transaction, order book, and market participant data to support analysis of user behavior, product engagement, and market dynamics relevant to growth strategies
- Own and evolve marketing dashboards with KPIs, data visualization with strong story telling, etc. to influence marketing and product decisions for Senior Leadership
- Ensure high data quality and consistency by implementing validation, monitoring, and documentation standards; establish strong data governance practices across marketing and growth analytics
- Help instill a data-first culture by making tools and metrics intuitive, reliable, and accessible. Provide guidance to teammates on how to use and interpret data
- Continuously enhance data infrastructure by optimizing systems, evaluating new tools, and promoting data best practices across the organization
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in quantitative fields (Computer Science, Statistics, Economics) or a related field
- 4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, product analyst or a similar discipline
- 2+ years of experience working with blockchain or order book data (e.g. experience indexing blocks, building dashboards in Dune or similar, working with market data from crypto exchanges)
- Expertise in SQL, database technologies, cloud databases, and reporting technologies (BigQuery, GCP, and Mode or similar)
- Proficient in Python,
- Proficient with data visualization tools for generating insights and communicating findings effectively
- Solid understanding of ETL processes, data modeling, and data warehousing principles
- Entrepreneurial and intellectually curious, with a passion for asking the right questions, exploring data, and developing well-reasoned hypotheses
NICE TO HAVES:
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Understanding of machine learning and data science methodologies
- Experience or knowledge in trading, particularly high-frequency trading (HFT), market structure, and derivatives
- Passion for DeFi and web3, with specific interest in dYdX and a proven track record
- Relevant certifications in data engineering or analytics
Salary range for this job is $190K to $240K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.
There are more than 50,000 engineering jobs:
Subscribe to membership and unlock all jobs
Engineering Jobs
60,000+ jobs from 4,500+ well-funded companies
Updated Daily
New jobs are added every day as companies post them
Refined Search
Use filters like skill, location, etc to narrow results
Become a member
🥳🥳🥳 452 happy customers and counting...
Overall, over 80% of customers chose to renew their subscriptions after the initial sign-up.
To try it out
For active job seekers
For those who are passive looking
Cancel anytime
Frequently Asked Questions
- We prioritize job seekers as our customers, unlike bigger job sites, by charging a small fee to provide them with curated access to the best companies and up-to-date jobs. This focus allows us to deliver a more personalized and effective job search experience.
- We've got over 200,000 jobs from 15,000+ vetted companies. No fake or sleazy jobs here!
- We aggregate jobs from 15,000+ companies' career pages, so you can be sure that you're getting the most up-to-date and relevant jobs.
- We're the only job board *for* software engineers, *by* software engineers… in case you needed a reminder! We add thousands of new jobs daily and offer powerful search filters just for you. 🛠️
- Every single hour! We add 2,000-3,000 new jobs daily, so you'll always have fresh opportunities. 🚀
- Typically, job searches take 3-6 months. EchoJobs helps you spend more time applying and less time hunting. 🎯
- Check daily! We're always updating with new jobs. Set up job alerts for even quicker access. 📅
What Fellow Engineers Say