CircleCI

Senior Data Scientist, Blockchain

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide.

Circle

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 148k-195k USD

United States only
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Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for:

USDC isn’t a monolith. It lives in a broad ecosystem with multiple participants: developers, blockchains, applications, exchanges, traders, individuals, and protocols (just to name a few). We need to understand how USDC is being used, by whom, and how it moves in order to make the best products possible and make sure that the people who use USDC are well served. This is a critical role that will help us understand who is holding USDC, how it got to them, and how USDC moves around the broader crypto ecosystem. This role will be critical to how we make decisions across the company (product, engineering, business development, marketing, compliance, etc).

What you'll work on:

  • Maintaining labels and tags for onchain addresses: Develop and implement systems and processes to accurately label and tag onchain addresses, ensuring the integrity of data used in various analyses.
  • Conducting deep investigations of blockchain flows and transactions: Analyze and investigate blockchain transactions, including traceability, authenticity, and identification of potential risks or anomalies.
  • Analyzing movement of capital on blockchains, with a focus on Stablecoins: Study capital movement within blockchain networks, particularly focusing on Stablecoin usage and flow, including cross chain movement. This analysis will help identify patterns, trends, and potential opportunities or risks.
  • Keeping up with Blockchain research: Work closely with Blockchain Researchers across Circle to share insights and collaborate on transaction tracing, blockchain forensics, network analysis, and anomaly detection. This collaboration will help uncover deeper insights, identify fraudulent activity, improve security, and enhance compliance procedures.

You will aspire to our four core values:

  • Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
  • Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.
  • Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals.
  • High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

  • 5+ years of experience in data analysis or data science, with 2+ years focusing on blockchain data.
  • Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language, such as R or Python, for data manipulation and analysis.
  • Strong understanding of statistics and experience applying statistical methods to interpret blockchain data.
  • Proven experience in planning and driving analytical projects.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
  • Strong communication skills to convey complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical partners.

Strong preference for candidates with deep knowledge and/or experience in:

  • Blockchain transaction analysis and the ability to conduct thorough investigations.
  • Blockchain technologies and protocols (e.g., Ethereum, Bitcoin).
  • Blockchain research methods, including transaction tracing, network analysis, and anomaly detection.
  • Blockchain analytics tools and platforms (e.g., Arkham, TRM Labs, Chainalysis, Elliptic)
  • Maintaining labels and tags for onchain addresses.
  • Stablecoin mechanics and practical knowledge of analyzing their movement on blockchains.

Join us as a Blockchain Data Scientist to unlock the potential of blockchain data and contribute to the growth and security of our organization in this constantly evolving space.

Additional Information:

  • This position is eligible for day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $147,500 - $195,000

Annual Bonus Target: 12.5%

Also Included: Equity Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Circle has a discretionary vacation policy. We also provide 10 days of paid sick leave per year and 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

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About the job

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May 11, 2024

Posted on

Mar 12, 2024

Job type

Full Time

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Senior

Salary

Salary: 148k-195k USD

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About Circle

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Circle is transforming the way money moves by making it more accessible, inclusive, and efficient — increasing economic opportunity and prosperity around the globe.

At the center of digital currency innovation

Circle is a global financial technology company helping money move at internet speed. Our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.

Building responsibly so you can use crypto with confidence

We are committed to transparency and stability in everything we do. That’s why we welcome clear regulation and value our engagement with regulators and policymakers. We partner with leading global financial companies and share detailed reports on how our stablecoins are backed. We are leading a more responsible, stable future for crypto.

Fostering a new era of global financial technology

Our diverse leadership teams believe in a policy-first approach for financial technology companies, which holds Circle to a higher standard of operation and helps build long-term, sustainable growth.

What drives us

Valuing our employees as stakeholders is about creating an environment where people can thrive and grow, be challenged and learn constantly – an environment that thrives on diversity by drawing competitive strength from within.

  • Multistakeholder: We organize, incentivize and measure ourselves against meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders — our customers, our shareholders, our employees and families, our local communities and our world.

  • Mindful: We seek to be present and aware, to be respectful, active listeners (with each other and with our customers alike), and to pay attention to detail. We don’t rush to judgment, and when we are swept up by strong emotions we patiently observe and acknowledge them before reacting. Our mindfulness leads to better understanding, and more respectful, careful and deliberate choices.

  • Driven by excellence: We are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success. Being driven also means that we relentlessly pursue excellence, that we do not tolerate mediocrity, that we reward based on merit, and that we work intensely to achieve our goals. We are a team that seeks to bring everyone along in our collective achievement.

  • High integrity: We seek open and honest communication, and hold ourselves to very high moral and ethical standards. Our customers and partners implicitly experience us as high integrity, and our customer centric choices demonstrate this to them again and again.

Employee benefits

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Co-working space budget

We provide access to WeWork locations.

Invested in your future

All U.S. employees enjoy 401(k) benefits with company matching.

Unlimited time off

We offer flexible paid time off — so you can thrive at work, and at rest.

Equity benefits

All U.S. employees can become owners in Circle through our equity program.

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