Data Scientist, Analytics - Remote

Overview

TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company committed to fighting crime and creating a safer world. By leveraging blockchain data, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics, our products empower governments, financial institutions, and crypto businesses to combat illicit activity and global security threats. At TRM, you'll join a mission-driven, fast-paced team made up of experts in law enforcement, data science, engineering, and financial intelligence, tackling complex global challenges daily. Whether analyzing blockchain data, developing cutting-edge tools, or collaborating with global organizations, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

In Short

• Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover insights hidden in very large datasets and build compelling data-driven stories to support critical blockchain reports for industry leaders and global policy makers.
• Lead the implementation of new advanced analytics products that allow our customers to explore and uncover hidden insights through complex blockchain data such as assessing the risk of DeFi services, stablecoins, global regulations and other crypto-trends.
• Use your high-level business acumen to collaborate with our go-to-market team and work directly with our customers to understand their challenges and pain points in order to creatively translate them into impactful models and products.
• Work closely with financial crime and threat analysts to identify suspicious activities, identify complex trends and generate impactful insights.
• Collaborate with engineers and research scientists to design algorithms to analyze complex data structures inherent to cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
• Communicate your findings and insights effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop your skills through exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues.
• Establish best practices and statistical rigor around data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

• Your academic background is in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics or Physics. Advanced degree preferred.
• You have 5+ years of experience working in an analytical role.
• You have a strong knowledge of relational databases, (e.g. SQL).
• You think about data in terms of statistical distributions and have a big enough analytics toolbox to know how to find patterns in data and identify targets for performance.
• You have experience exploring complex datasets to identify hidden insights and generate compelling stories.
• You have customer facing experience and you enjoy sitting with the customers to understand their challenges.
• You have proven experience with at least one programming language (Python preferred) and are comfortable developing code in a team environment (e.g. git, notebooks, testing).
• You have a high tolerance for ambiguity. You find a way through. You anticipate. You connect and synthesize.
• You are delivery-oriented, able to lead and execute in a fast-paced environment.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience in influencing decisions with information.

Benefits

• The team operates with a high level of collaboration and interdependence, fostering an inclusive culture.
• As a globally distributed team, members may observe different timezones.
• All team members must have at least 4 hour overlap with PST business hours.
• We cultivate a strong remote culture through clear communication and thorough documentation.
• We invest in offsites, regional meetups, virtual coffee chats, and onboarding buddies to foster collaboration.