Blockworks needs to transform raw, complex data and facts into actionable research, trusted news, alpha-driven insights, and world-class events to enable investors, operators, and institutions to see past the noise, make better decisions, and drive the industry forward. The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for leading the creation and execution of data models and strategies that feed the product, and for leading Solana data-related projects and strategies.
Requirements
- significant knowledge of the crypto industry
- at least 4 (but ideally more) years of hands-on experience with data modeling, schema design, data operations, and data warehousing.
- personally built backend systems at scale with a focus on data processing and ingestion.
- ace at Typescript, Go, and/or Python
- incredibly strong expertise in SQL (ideally Postgres, dbt, and Hypertables).
- deep experience creating data warehouses using Timescale, Snowflake, and/or BigQuery
- experience using DevOps tools and solutions like Docker, CI/CD, and AWS.
Responsibilities
- Own Data Sourcing Pipelines: You'll be responsible for helping to architect our data warehousing, ingestion and sourcing strategy, working with multiple SDKs to aggregate data from various sources into Blockwork's own data warehouse.
- Design and Implement ETL Solutions: You'll be responsible for implementing our overall ETL approach, including accessing & setting up blockchain nodes to pull from, sourcing data from 3rd parties, and modeling our internal schemas across our PostgreSQL database(s)
- Grow Shared Knowledge: You'll help provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the team in the implementation of established architectures and designs.
- Drive Operational Efficiency: You'll be constantly looking for opportunities to improve data workflows and reliably automate routine tasks.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: You'll work with other teams across Blockworks, including Research, Product, and Engineering, to lead initiatives and move collaborations forward.
- design and develop our data pipelines
- leading leading our Solana data-related projects and strategies
Other
- player-coach and someone who understands the technical and human elements that go into great software design.
- results-oriented attitude and a passion for delivering flawless releases and developing digital data pipelines.
- proven track record facilitating engineering teams to increase productivity and quality.
- love moving quickly in a fast-paced start-up, but you also bring intentionality, sustainability and scalability to your approach as an engineer.
- Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must.
