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Data Engineer - Technical Intelligence

Founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.

IOHK

Employee count: 201-500

United Kingdom only

Who are we?

IOG, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally.

We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.

What the role involves:

As a Data Engineer, you are part of the Technical Intelligence (TechInt) team. The team’s main function is to recon the blockchain industry and feed the company with new trends and projects. The TechInt team has automatized the recon process by utilizing a data lake and machine learning. The team currently harvests data from a variety of different sources. This data gets fed into different systems that then show this data as a report.

You are responsible for maintaining and setting up data solutions and services. A key part would be to aid in the maturation of the data ingestion pipeline and processes. Moreover, you would be expected to create a state-of-the-art data warehouse which would be cloud-native. In your daily job, you do a mix of data engineering, and cloud infrastructure management.

  • Develop and maintain automated data ingestion (API or crawling) pipelines from source code repositories, social media, and on-chain analytics.
  • Simplify existing data pipelines - re-architecting where necessary.
  • Research existing datasets to figure out their relevance - and remove irrelevant data pipelines and sources.
  • Design a data warehouse that can be queried by analysts and APIs, and that will serve as a data backend for a reporting web application.
  • Collaborate with data scientists to operationalize ML models and deploy them into production environments.
  • Work closely with leadership to understand and define requirements, ensuring alignment with the department’s strategy and roadmap.
  • Collaborate with a Data Scientist and an Intelligence Engineer to implement technical solutions that meet project goals.
  • Ensure systems are functional, available, and carefully monitored for continuous performance and reliability.

Requirements

Who you are:

  • Minimum 3–4 years of hands-on recent experience with AWS cloud services :
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as code (such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Python AWS CDK).
  • Knowledge of cloud services management in AWS (such as S3, Redshift, Lambda, Batch, Glue, Athena etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing data applications.
  • Knowledge of relational databases and writing highly optimized SQL, including data transformations, complex joins, and performance tuning.
  • Strong proficiency in Python programming, including PySpark for data transformation.
  • Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing, with both technical and non-technical partners. Professional English.

It would be beneficial if you have the following:

  • BSc/MSc in a Computer Science field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Knowledge of big data processing platforms (such Databricks) and data manipulation libraries in Python (such as Pandas, Polars).
  • Knowledge of docker container orchestration (such as Kubernetes, ECS).
  • Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (such as GitHub Actions, Travis, Jenkins).
  • Knowledge of blockchain on-chain data representation.

Are you an IOGer?

Do you find yourself questioning the status quo? Do you tinker with ideas and long to turn those ideas into solutions? Are you able to spark thoughtful debates, bringing out the inquisitiveness in others? Does the promise of continuously growing excite you? Then get ready to reimagine everything you thought wasn’t possible because that’s what it means to be an IOGer - we don’t set limits, we break them.

Benefits

  • Remote work
  • Laptop reimbursement
  • New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
  • Learning Development opportunities
  • Competitive PTO

At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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About IOHK

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Founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies. We are a fully decentralised remote working organisation committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain infrastructure solutions for public, private sector and government clients. It is also the driving force behind the decentralised and smart contract platform, Cardano.

Cascading disruption

It is the founding principle of IOHK. Cascading disruption is the idea that most of the structures that form the world’s financial, governance and social systems are inherently unstable and thus minor perturbations can cause a ripple effect that fundamentally reconfigures the entire system. Our company is committed to identifying and developing technology to force these perturbations in order to push towards a more fair and transparent order.

The mission of IOHK

We view the world as a series of giant and mostly interconnected social graphs with hundreds of complex systems embedded. Our mission is to perturb the graphs to a more connected, transparent and fair configuration for both the flow of ideas and value.

Input Output the company

IOHK is a truly global organisation with a remote team of 400+ people across 50+ countries. We have a rich culture with people from all over the world offering different skillsets, different cultural perspectives and at different life stages.

Employee benefits

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Flexible work schedule

As a global, distributed company, colleagues can work to a flexible schedule.

Laptop reimbursement

All colleagues are eligible to have a laptop purchase reimbursed up to $2,000.

Generous vacation

All of our full-time employees and service providers receive a minimum of 4 weeks PTO a year.

Professional development

IO Global offers specialised learning platforms & extensive internal content for continued learning, up-skilling, and development.

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201-500 employees

Founded in

2015

Chief executive officer

Charles Hoskinson

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