Research Lead, dYdX

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in quantitative fields (Math, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Economics) or a related field
• 4+ years working experience in a technical role (Developer, Analyst, Quant, Data Scientist)
• 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)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Project management, time management, and ability to multitask
• Proficient with data visualization tools for generating insights and communicating findings effectively
• Entrepreneurial and intellectually curious, with a passion for asking the right questions, exploring data, and developing well-reasoned hypotheses

Desirable

• 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
• As the Research Lead at dYdX, you will drive strategic insights at the intersection of market structure, protocol and mechanism design, and user behavior
• Your work will shape the core protocol and broader ecosystem narratives during a pivotal stage of decentralization and global expansion
• Conduct cutting edge research into market structure, protocol design and mechanics, and incentive design, including
• Internal-facing research to help the business understand user behavior, product performance, and growth opportunities
• External-facing projects to contribute to the global conversation on protocol design, trading, and DeFi evolution
• Educational content to help our audience become more sophisticated traders and product users
• Collaborate with Engineering team and other parts of the business and communicate research findings clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with the Growth team to identify and define key audience segments and leverage data-driven insights to inform growth strategies and guide product decisions
• Take strong initiative in leading deep and exploratory research on open-ended questions that the team has around core product features and protocol development
• Own and continuously enhance data infrastructure by optimizing systems, evaluating new tools, and promoting data best practices across the organization
• Help define key metrics for protocol health and trader behavior
• Build tools and pipelines to support research reproducibility and insight generation
• Help shape and clearly communicate dYdX’s product strategy through research-driven insights and external thought leadership
• Collaborate with dYdX ecosystem partners and actively engage with the broader user community to enrich the research perspective and stay aligned with ecosystem needs