About Us
Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ.
Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.
About The Role
You will be joining the team that is building Chainlink in this newly created position as a Data Operations Analyst. The Data Operations team is tasked with measuring, managing and mitigating risk and quality across the Chainlink data business. The role is varied, ranging from conducting reviews of risk factors and initiating mitigation steps where necessary, through working with other participants in the Chainlink ecosystem (data providers, node operators) to spreading information and best practices in the blockchain oracle space.
You will have exposure across the organization and a lot of opportunities to learn and grow. This role also requires you to be on-call to provide level 2 support during US working hours, including some weekends. Due to this we are looking for candidates within +/- 3 timezones from Central time. We are a fully distributed team and have the tools and benefits to support you in a remote work environment
Your Impact
- Proactively monitor and mitigate risks across Chainlink’s portfolio of data products
- Support the incident response team as an escalation point for issues that do not follow known patterns.
- Maintain and update mission-critical internal datasets that provide the foundation for Chainlink’s data platform
- Debug issues based on contextual knowledge of data providers, node operators and Chainlink’s data infrastructure
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in a data-driven organization
- Available to be part of an on-call rotation schedule providing level 2 incident response
- Interest in blockchain ecosystem and decentralized finance
- Have a strong respect for security requirements and implications in a blockchain environment
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with dynamic priority evolution
- Good foundational knowledge of Python, SQL, JSON and REST APIs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
Preferred Requirements
- Experience building data pipelines
- Experience working with blockchain data, including using a block explorer and common smart contract tools
- Experience with JS and building/interacting with APIs
All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
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