Senior Data Scientist, Magic Eden
$180-210k
+Equity options
NFT marketplace
Job no longer available
NFT marketplace
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$180-210k
+Equity options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the best place to trade and rate onchain.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of industry experience in Data Science and Analytics (preferably with a focus on product insights & analytics in a software technology environment)
- Advanced SQL skills and proficient with one or more scripting languages (Python, R)
- Strong knowledge of statistics and experience designing and analyzing A/B experiments
- Experience leading data science projects from start to finish
- Asks the hard questions and can prioritize to work on highest impact projects
- Proven ability to influence the company’s (product) strategy with your findings
- Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams
- Experience mentoring team members or leading a team is a plus
What the job involves
- Lead Data Science projects and strategy for an area within Magic Eden (for example Marketplace, Creator) through close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Design, Business)
- Conduct analysis to inform (product) strategy and evaluate product improvements
- Present analysis findings and recommendations to cross functional stakeholders and/or executives
- Develop and measure metrics to monitor company and area performance
- Mentor team members and develop resources and processes to increase the efficiency of the Data Science and Analytics team
Our take
The total volume traded in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is well over $50 billion, and they have revolutionized the way that creators can monetize their work. Magic Eden supplies a platform for trading NFTs, that is distinct for its focus on gamers and the internet community. As well as functioning as a marketplace, which is the base capability of many competitors, it also employs vertical integration of NFTs within the games it hosts on its platform.
This unique focus has primed Magic Eden for huge success - it moved from launch to Unicorn status in just 9 months and achieved ICO funding of $45 million in 2023. Although there are much larger NFT marketplaces, such as the market-controlling OpenSea, Magic Eden's incorporation of the Ethereum blockchain into its program (it initially only used the smaller Solana) indicates that it may be set to take on its older, more established competitors.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2022
$130m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$27m
SERIES A
Total funding: $159.5m
Leadership
Jack Lu
(Co-Founder & CEO)Jack previously worked as a Project Manager at Google, Consultant at BCG, and Software Engineer at HelloBlock.
Sidney Zhang
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously founded and was CTO of HelloBlock. They also worked as an Engineering Manager at both Uber and Facebook.
Zhuoxun Yin
(Co-Founder & COO)Prior to Magic Eden, worked as a Senior Product Manager at Coinbase. They were also Head Of Strategy & Business Operations at dYdX and a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.
Zhoujie Zhou
(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer)Former Staff Engineer at Facebook, as well as working at Uber as a Software Engineer and at Checkr as a Senior Staff Software Engineer.
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