Blockchain Research Analyst

Location New York, Singapore Employment Type Full time Location Type On-site Department Engineering Allium makes blockchain data accurate, simple and fast Blockchain data is hard, messy, and chaotic When we started out in late 2021 our thesis was simple - blockchain data, despite it being public and free, was difficult to understand, clunky to access and troublesome to maintain. Answering a simple question like "Who are the biggest Ethereum token holders over time?" requires an engineering team to run their own RPC nodes, ingest the full history of the blockchain, clean the data, transform the data and finally summon a wizard to cast a complex SQL query. Accessing data is hard because blockchains are optimized for Writes and not Reads Why is it so hard? Blockchains have historically been optimized for Writes (getting data onto the blockchain) and less for Reads (getting data OUT of the blockchain). This is because optimization efforts were focused on increasing transaction throughput and building fault tolerant and scalable consensus algorithms. This neglect makes it hard to get data out efficiently and reliably at scale. Parsing and interpreting blockchain data requires both deep domain expertise and data manipulation To quote Tim Roughgarden, Columbia Professor, "Blockchains are (virtual) computers, not databases." They are Turing machines that support general computations, and anyone can write and deploy their own smart contract for their own use case. This nearly infinite number of use cases leads to the fragmentation of data schemas for different purposes. Standardizing these schemas requires deep domain expertise to turn esoteric technical outputs into clear information for specific concepts like tokens, NFTs, stablecoins and DEXs. Allium abstracts the complexity with a simple way to query blockchain data Allium tames the chaos by ingesting, sanitizing, and standardizing all this data. As of this post, the data we’ve archived across 100+ blockchains is in the petabytes and growing exponentially. Google and Bloomberg had to organize the world's public financial and webpage data, Allium is on a mission to do the same for blockchain data This is one of the rare times in history where indexing a giant public dataset is sorely needed by all - similar to what Bloomberg did for financial data and what Google organized for public webpage data. With this indexed data, we are fortunate to support trailblazers in this industry and play some role the industry’s most exciting trends: About our customers We serve 2 groups of customers today with the same data but different platform. Analysts who need to answer data questions about the blockchain (think BI) and Engineers who need highly reliable data queryable in near realtime (think Application backends). Our customers include the biggest institutions Visa, Stripe, Grayscale and also the biggest crypto companies such as Phantom, Uniswap. Allium is one of the unique companies in the industry that bridge blockchain and non blockchain worlds. The Role Allium is seeking a Research Analyst to transform blockchain data into actionable insights. You will work closely with our team of data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to develop, build, and maintain dashboards, reports, and content that drive strategic decision-making and conversations across the largest institutions & companies in the industry. Shape how the crypto community and institutions interpret on-chain activity, while learning from leading blockchain data engineers and analysts. What You’ll Do Develop blockchain analytics - Build, maintain, & optimize queries (SQL) and insights from massive multi-chain datasets Build research dashboards & reports - Design and maintain dashboards and visual reports that drive strategic decision-making Produce concise market updates and research - Analyze institutional trends (e.g. stablecoins, tokenized assets, onchain finance), protocol mechanics, market structure, and major crypto events. Shape the narrative for the industry - Write compelling data-driven content (blogs, social media posts, research reports) to build Allium’s brand and your personal brand to become an authoritative voice to the largest industry players Cross-functional scaling - Collaborate with sales, marketing, and product/engineering to distribute insights, provide product feedback, and highlight Allium’s data stack About You Crypto-native - You deeply understand crypto concepts and are always tracking emerging trends Strong proficiency in SQL and data - Able to write complex queries (joins, grouping, CTEs, window functions) and optimize for performance / UX Natural data storyteller - You use the numbers to build a compelling narrative vs. having numbers for their own sake. You turn complex data into clear, shareable insights. You have an opinionated view backed by data, and tie back to why people should care You are an owner - You are proactive, responsible and adaptable. You take pride in your work and take responsibility for your decisions, and also respect others with theirs. You have excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and meet deadlines all while operating in a highly ambiguous and fast-changing environment. You want to build your personal brand and are confident staking your reputation on the quality of your work You are a doer - You get stuff done, and move with unusual urgency, take pride in continual improvement, and iteratively integrate feedback. You have high integrity - You uphold the highest standards of discretion and integrity. You'll be entrusted with a range of confidential information, from customer information to company financial details. Institutional background / understanding is a major plus More specific past work Allium has done: Visa's stablecoin dashboard: Visa x Allium stablecoin lending whitepaper: Diving deep into the guts of Ordinals data to power research like this: Sybil Detection ( Powering Brevan Howard Digital's stablecoin industry reports Designing the most intuitive DEX schemas for ALL DeFi researchers to use easily ( Ensure Grayscale's State of Ethereum Report had the right staking and fees data: ( Design chain level metrics (Fees, Activity..) for all chains: ( Hunt down and curate wallet entities and labels (