Senior Data Scientist, Mysten Labs
$164-225k
Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0
Be an early applicant
Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$164-225k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires existing web3 experience — you should already be comfortable navigating on-chain data, DeFi protocols, and the broader crypto ecosystem
- On top of that, backgrounds in quantitative finance, trading, market making, exchanges, or fintech analytics are highly valued and will help you hit the ground running
- The ideal applicant has very strong SQL and visualization skills, a working knowledge of DeFi primitives (AMMs, lending markets, perps, stablecoin mechanisms), and the ability to merge quick iteration with creative ideation
- Familiarity with concepts like TVL, volume quality, LP returns, peg stability, mint/redeem flows, and cross-chain bridging is a strong plus
- Experience writing stable and maintainable analytics engineering pipelines is a plus, particularly in dbt, or similar frameworks, along with comfort orchestrating jobs against high-volume on-chain data
- A deep interest in DeFi, stablecoins, and the role of on-chain financial infrastructure in daily life
- Strong SQL and visualization skills, with a deep desire to communicate clearly and captivatingly
- Hands-on experience working with on-chain data (e.g., Dune, Flipside, Allium, or raw node/indexer data)
- Familiarity with DeFi primitives and key metrics (TVL, volume, LP economics, lending utilization, mint/redeem activity)
- Strong attention to detail and a desire to work on data analysis as a collaborative discipline across data, engineering, product, partnerships, and marketing teams
- Bonus: experience with market microstructure, quantitative finance, or trading analytics
What the job involves
- The data science team at Mysten Labs is looking to hire a Senior Data Scientist focused on DeFi and stablecoins, two of the fastest-growing and most consequential areas of the Sui ecosystem
- This role sits at the intersection of product analytics, on-chain measurement, and market structure research, with a mandate to deepen our understanding of how liquidity, lending, DEX activity, and stablecoin flows behave on a high-performance, object-centric blockchain
- You'll partner closely with product, engineering, and partnerships to conceptualize, measure, and report on DeFi protocol launches, stablecoin adoption, market maker performance, and broader ecosystem behaviors
- The work spans descriptive dashboards, deep-dive research, and entirely new measurement frameworks for a rapidly evolving asset class
- Build dashboards that drive understanding of DeFi protocols and stablecoin activity on Sui for PMs, engineers, Partnerships, and the executive leadership team
- Run analyses on liquidity, trading volumes, lending utilization, holder behavior, and stablecoin velocity to identify high-impact opportunities for Mysten Labs and ecosystem partners
- Develop measurement frameworks for evaluating DeFi protocol health, wash trading detection, real vs. incentivized activity, and stablecoin adoption quality
- Collaborate with the data and engineering teams to set new standards for DeFi and stablecoin measurement across the industry
- Partner with BD and partnerships to measure the impact of integrations with major DeFi protocols, stablecoin issuers, and market makers
- Make data processing jobs run reliably in a lightweight, scrappy environment
Application process
- Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, which may include verification of employment history, education credentials, criminal history, and other relevant information
Our take
Mysten Labs was created with the ambition to build a blockchain comparable to Ethereum or Solanan - but with even greater capabilities. That means tackling pain points currently found in blockchain technology, like scaling transactions and speed to meet growing demand.
To do this, Mysten is building foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0 which supports the accelerated development and adoption of decentralized services. The startup is determined to build a platform that finally lets Web 3.0 developers focus on UI, without compromising on security.
The company has focussed on expanding partnerships with existing networks such as Ethos and Orange Comet Partners, who have integrated Mysten technology, as well as open protocols based on Mysten-designed components. Ensuring that it assigns developer and community outreach resources in the right places will be crucial to building a sustainable business in this relatively young space.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2022
$300m
SERIES B
Dec 2021
$36m
SERIES A
Total funding: $336m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Evan Cheng
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Director of R&D for Novi Financial at Meta. Also worked as Director of Engineering at Facebook and spent over a decade in senior engineering positions at Apple.
Adeniyi Abiodun
(Co-Founder & CPO)Former Product Lead at Novi for Meta. Also worked as Head of Product for VMware's Blockchain division and led the Blockchain Cloud Platform team at Oracle.
Sam Blackshear
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Principal Engineer for Novi Financial working on the Move language and Diem platform. Also worked as a Staff Engineer for Facebook. Ex-Microsoft and University of Colorado Research Assistant.
George Danezis
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Professor of Security and Privacy Engineering in the Information Security Group at University College London. Previously a Research Scientist at Facebook, and has a Cryptography PhD from the University of Cambridge.
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