Data Engineer

About Messari.

Messari is the leading provider of crypto market intelligence products that help professionals navigate crypto/Web3 with confidence. We bring transparency and smarter qualitative and quantitative analytics to the industry by combining a global research database with a comprehensive suite of data visualization and asset discovery tools. We help drive smarter participation in crypto from individuals and institutions alike. The name “Messari” came from the Franciscan monks who declared "clean books" a moral imperative during the renaissance and pushed merchants to use proper accounting methods. This led to the flourishing of investment via "trust but verify" methods and industry growth throughout Europe. That's what we aim to do. Provide participants, investors, builders, platforms, and everyone else with reliable information to better participate in the crypto ecosystem.   Our users range from some of the most prominent analysts, investors, and crypto individuals to top organizations including Coinbase, BitGo, Anchorage, 0x, Chainanalysis, Ledger, Compound, MakerDAO, and many more.

The Role

As a Data Engineer, you’ll be working alongside our internal research and product teams to expand and optimize our data and data pipeline architecture. You’ll be responsible for supporting the data needs of our analysts on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent across ongoing research efforts. Your mission is to ensure our analysts can access data in a smooth and seamless way.  

What you'll do

• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from different blockchains.
• You’ll be responsible to assist with coding, designing, deploying, and debugging Python/Go tools for data aggregation, processing, and analysis.
• Further automate internal data analysis processes and level up Messari’s future data science efforts.
• Collaborate on developing, automating, and supporting pipelines to extract, transform, and load data. 
• Assist on creating educational content to improve the technical skills of the research team.

Who you are

• You are familiar with Python, SQL and version control systems.
• The ideal candidate has advanced working SQL knowledge and experience building processes supporting data transformation, data structures, and workload management. 
• Deep understanding of blockchain infrastructure for data extraction from EVM and non-EVM chains is a big plus
• Familiarity with programming languages (preferably Python or Go) and version control software (Git) is required for the position. 
• A fundamental understanding of protocol mechanisms is required for this position. 

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