Junior Data Engineer, Economics

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets on-chain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where off-chain and on-chain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.

Introduction

Chainlink Labs is seeking a highly motivated Junior Data Engineer to join our Economics team. In this pivotal role, you will help design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that inform strategic decisions for the Economics and Executive Leadership teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to combine expertise in data science, economics, and blockchain technology to shape the future of decentralized economics at Chainlink, a leading oracle platform in the DeFi space.

Responsibilities

As a Junior Data Engineer, you will serve two primary functions: (1) designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure, and (2) building and maintaining production economics applications. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Designing novel mechanisms and incentive schemes for the Chainlink network.
• Building data pipelines, models, and simulations to evaluate investment opportunities.
• Designing and parameterizing economics systems.
• Optimizing parameters for production applications.
• Contributing to the design of Economics programs and applications.
• Engaging with the Economics, Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Science teams to understand and optimize network incentives and systems.
• Meticulously operationalizing processes and coordinating cross-functionally for their implementation.

Requirements

• A deep understanding of financial and crypto markets and incentives.
• Strong foundational knowledge in Computer Science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
• Experience with data infrastructure design and implementation in cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience with production-grade software engineering concepts (e.g., Git, testing, containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure as code).
• Strong SQL and Python skills are mandatory.
• Substantial data analysis and/or data science experience.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Nice to Have

• Strong organizational and coordination skills to productionize and operationalize processes and applications.
• Strong Computer Science or related Engineering, Economics, and/or Finance background through a Master's-level academic degree and/or multiple years of relevant industry experience.
• A proven interest in DeFi and in staying current with new products and trends.
• Experience with LLM-based development tools, on-chain data, and orchestration tools such as Airflow and DBT.
• Experience in data modeling and data warehousing concepts.
• Published research with an economics or crypto focus (e.g., papers on MEV or PBS, staking and slashing dynamics, node compensation, tokenomics, etc.).

Benefits

• This is a high-impact role with visibility and influence over the development of the Chainlink network.
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial innovation, and economic systems.
• Collaborative and technically challenging environment.

About Company

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform, enabling capital markets to move on-chain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). Its comprehensive stack provides essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards required for advanced blockchain use cases, including institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, and stablecoins. Having invented decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has facilitated trillions in transaction value and secures the vast majority of DeFi today. The platform is adopted by major financial institutions like Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, and GMX. Chainlink operates with a novel fee model where off-chain and on-chain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve.

How to Apply

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. We ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST). We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application. We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.

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