Senior Data Scientist

About Us

At Babylon, our core mission is to enhance the economic utility of Bitcoin globally, ensuring top-tier security at minimal cost. We pride ourselves on recruiting exceptional talent to realize our vision. Founded by Claude E. Shannon Award winner, Professor David Tse of Stanford University, Babylon is a pioneering blockchain project.

Our backing comes from prestigious investors such as Polychain and Hack VC. Our project's ambition is to spearhead the integration of Bitcoin's security into the decentralized financial landscape, beginning with crypto staking. Our rapidly expanding team is composed of top scientists, engineers, and experienced business professionals. We foster a workplace culture that is open, inclusive, agile, and passionate, with a strong emphasis on personal growth and development.

Babylon is committed to assembling a team of individuals who are not only adept in a culture of trust but also proactive in embracing feedback and challenging conventional ideas. We expect our employees to be deeply aligned with our mission-driven approach. Our ideal candidates are those enthusiastic about learning and living the crypto lifestyle. These individuals truly shine in our high-energy, sprint and recharge work environment.

Operating as a remote-first organization, we are dedicated to hiring the finest talent globally. Our focus is on those who can thrive in intense work scenarios and are excited to contribute to building the future of finance, leveraging Bitcoin's robust security in the decentralized world.

About the Job:

Data Science is an integral component of Babylon’s product and decision making process: we work in partnership with Product, Engineering and Design to influence the roadmap and better understand our users. With a deep expertise in experimentation, analytics and advanced modeling, we produce insights which directly move the company’s bottom line.

Responsibilities :

• Perform in depth novel research into how to make premier DeFi protocols safer and more efficient through mechanism design, data analysis, and dynamic parameter optimization.
• Take ownership of potential security demand engagements, scoping out work, managing client relationships, and delivering value to clients through your research and work.
• Build and deploy easy-to-understand and visually compelling dashboards for internal and external consumption Design and guide experiments/analysis to measure impact and drive product improvements.
• Measure business performance, develop / refine core metrics and create reporting to understand and monitor them.
• Synthesize data learnings into compelling stories and communicate them throughout Babylon and to senior executives.
• Draft and write engaging research for public consumption both to grow Babylon’s Brand Initiate, develop, and maintain data pipelines with outstanding craftsmanship.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

• BA / BS degree in a quantitative field (ex Math, Stats, Physics, or Computer Science) with 5+ years relevant experience, or PhD degree in a related field with + 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to independently create plans for projects and a track record of overseeing large / complex analytical projects spanning multiple teams. Understanding of statistical concepts and practical experience applying them (in A|B testing, causal inference, ML, etc.). Experience in data analyses using SQL.
• Experience in programming/modeling in Python.
• Demonstration of our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.

Nice to haves:

• Data engineering skills + a willingness to do lower level work to improve data foundations as needed.