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Unchain Data lists this Senior Data Scientist opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About Us
Mysten Labs believes that decentralized and open protocols are the bedrock of the internet of value. We are creating foundational infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of decentralized protocols based on blockchain technologies.
The Role
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.
This role requires existing web3 experience — you should already be comfortable navigating on-chain data, DeFi protocols, and the broader crypto ecosystem. Backgrounds in quantitative finance, trading, market making, exchanges, or fintech analytics are highly valued and will help you hit the ground running. 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.
Responsibilities
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.
Requirements
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.
Familiarity with concepts like volume quality, LP returns, peg stability, mint/redeem flows, and cross-chain bridging.
Nice to Have
Experience with market microstructure, quantitative finance, or trading analytics.
Experience writing stable and maintainable analytics engineering pipelines, particularly in dbt or similar frameworks.
Comfort orchestrating jobs against high-volume on-chain data.
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