Data Scientist, Gauntlet
$150-180k
1 day a week in office
Financial modeling & simulation platform for blockchains
Open for applications
Financial modeling & simulation platform for blockchains
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-180k
1 day a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To drive adoption and understanding of the financial systems of the future.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of professional experience
- Extremely clear and effective communication and client management skills
- Proven track record of drawing deep insights from complex datasets
- Experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R)
- Ability to work highly independently working towards abstract goals
Desirable
- Experience working in the crypto industry is a plus but not required
- Enthusiasm for the space, especially DeFi, is very much desired
- Smart contract development experience (e.g. Solidity)
- Experience managing external client relationships
- Published or presented research in the space
What the job involves
- Perform in depth novel research into how to make premier DeFi protocols safer and more efficient through mechanism design, data analysis, and dynamic parameter optimization
- Take ownership of client engagements, scoping out work, managing client relationships, and delivering value to clients through your research and work
- Draft and write engaging research for public consumption both to grow Gauntlet’s Brand as well as to satisfy client requirements
- Build and deploy easy-to-understand and visually compelling dashboards for internal and external consumption
Our take
Decentralized finance can be high-risk, and for a long time, it has lacked the asset management tools and resources of the traditional finance world. Gauntlet, a company founded by two former Wall Street and Uber veterans, solves this problem by acting as a DeFi quant platform.
The company has aimed to bring financial modelling and simulation to the growing DeFi economy. This forward-thinking has paid off, with Gauntlet now valued at around $1B and serving some of the world's biggest crypto protocols - a testament to the value of its modelling.
Despite existing in the increasingly competitive DeFi space, Gauntlet's impressive valuation and client roster is an indicator of its staying power. As more and more people make the shift from Wall Street to Web 3.0, the company should have no trouble finding new opportunities for growth.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2022
$23.8m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$13.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $44.6m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k with matching
- Fertility benefits
- Technology and WFH stipend
- Wellness, mobile, and internet stipend
- Unlimited vacation days
- Access to Tribeca NYC office
- Full-remote and hybrid friendly
- Weekly office lunches and team outings
- Annual HQ visits and offsites
- Company merch
Company values
- Strong ownership: From feature development and maintenance, to employee equity and creating client value, individual ownership leads to results
- Trust through data and research: Discovering new avenues for risk in DeFi is our edge, a key to client trust, and leadership in the industry
- Drive clear value: Client success is Gauntlet success. Clearly measuring impact brings focus to our work
- Always honest, always open: To be the industry vanguard, we strive to find solutions as a group and work collaboratively to get there
- Intellectual curiosity and fearlessness: The pace of innovation in crypto is extremely fast — self-motivation to continuously learn and tackle challenges is crucial
- Find and develop top talent: The most difficult challenges require the best people — we edeavor to hire, support, and empower the individual in their contribution and professional growth
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
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Leadership
Tarun Chitra
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Scientific Associate and Programmer at D. E. Shaw Research, before working in Quantitative Research & Development at Vatic Labs.
Rei Chiang
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously worked as a Quant Trader at Getco, and then as a Portfolio Manager at 3Red Trading. Also spent time as a Senior Software Engineer at Uber.
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