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New York, New York, United States

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Research Lead (Copy) job near me in New York, New York at Arcus

At Arcus you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As the Research Lead at Arcus, you will drive strategic insights at the intersection of market structure, protocol and mechanism design, and user behavior. Your work will shape the core protocol and broader ecosystem narratives during a pivotal stage of decentralization and global expansion.

Protocol & Incentive Research

Conduct cutting edge research into market structure, protocol design and mechanics, and incentive design, including
- Internal-facing research to help the business understand user behavior, product performance, and growth opportunities
- External-facing projects to contribute to the global conversation on protocol design, trading, and DeFi evolution
- Educational content to help our audience become more sophisticated traders and product users
Collaborate with Engineering team and other parts of the business and communicate research findings clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
Collaborate with the Growth team to identify and define key audience segments and leverage data-driven insights to inform growth strategies and guide product decisions
Take strong initiative in leading deep and exploratory research on open-ended questions that the team has around core product features and protocol development

Data & Infrastructure

Own and continuously enhance data infrastructure by optimizing systems, evaluating new tools, and promoting data best practices across the organization
Help define key metrics for protocol health and trader behavior
Build tools and pipelines to support research reproducibility and insight generation

Thought Leadership & Community

Help shape and clearly communicate Arcus's product strategy through research-driven insights and external thought leadership
Collaborate with Arcus ecosystem partners and actively engage with the broader user community to enrich the research perspective and stay aligned with ecosystem needs

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in quantitative fields (Math, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Economics) or a related field
4+ years working experience in a technical role (Developer, Analyst, Quant, Data Scientist)
2+ years of experience working with blockchain or order book data (e.g. experience indexing blocks, building dashboards in Dune or similar, working with market data from crypto exchanges)
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Project management, time management, and ability to multitask
Proficient with data visualization tools for generating insights and communicating findings effectively
Entrepreneurial and intellectually curious, with a passion for asking the right questions, exploring data, and developing well-reasoned hypotheses

NICE TO HAVES:

Experience in or knowledge of trading (especially HFT), market structure, and derivatives
Knowledge of and passion for everything in DeFi (especially dYdX!) and web3 with a track record
Ideally have an existing personal research/content brand
Experience with our technologies: SQL / Python / Pandas / xarray / Mode / Amplitude / BigQuery

Salary range for this job is $220K to $270K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.

Research Lead (Copy) in New York, New York at Arcus

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