Data Lead

The Data Lead’s work will span both Across and UMA. This role demands strategic data leadership combined with a love for being hands-on in the data–working directly with data, analyzing it through the lens of deep product knowledge and industry insight. You will partner closely with product teams to surface key trends, identify optimizations, and proactively address potential issues. As the lead, you’ll take initiative and carve your own path with an incredibly talented and thoughtful team.

Overview

Department

Data Science & Analytics

Job type

Full time

Compensation

$100,000 - $200,000 per year

Location

Global

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About Risk Labs, Across, and UMA

Across' purpose: Across is to fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible and more efficient. Across’ Vision: Intents are the standard in x-chain interoperability, and are settled by Across.

Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the UMA and Across projects. UMA and Across are decentralized protocols governed by community members across the globe in DAOs, and are supported by Risk Labs Foundation. UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO.

Key Responsibilities

Drive the analytics agenda by applying a product mindset to identify and prioritize the most impactful product and business questions, independently performing deep, hands-on analyses, and delivering dashboards and reports that shape strategic decisions

Collaborate closely with data engineering to onboard and model new data sources. Write SQL/Python (or similar) scripts to source, extract, clean and optimize analytics-ready data for downstream uses–balancing rigor with speed

Act as the analytics partner for Product, Engineering, and company leadership, surfacing trends, anomalies, and opportunities early, and translating data into clear, actionable recommendations

Ensure the data leveraged for analytics is accurate, well-structured, and aligned with business priorities, focusing effort where it drives the most impact

Leverage deep understanding of crypto, DeFi, interoperability to contextualize data, anticipate emerging trends, and convert historical insights into forward-looking recommendations

Job Requirements

5+ years experience in advanced data/analyst roles in related industries, with a preference for at least 2 years leading the function/team

Mastery of SQL and Python; strong experience in data modeling, ETL or data pipeline scripting, and business-intelligence/dashboard tools. Familiarity with our tech stack including BigQuery, Preset/Superset, dbt, Airflow, Typescript, Node.js, Solidity, viem, React, and ethers

Demonstrated ability to craft the right analytical questions, think critically, balance speed versus depth, and deliver insights that drive measurable business outcomes

Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong

Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management

Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Forward-thinking individual curious about, comfortable with, and eager to adapt to the evolving role of AI in modern work

Deep industry insight with a solid understanding of crypto markets, DeFi, interoperability challenges, and the ability to weave these into analytics

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salaries & meaningful token options. Your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem

Ability to be paid in stablecoins or fiat

Culture that emphasizes care: take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development

100% remote work, encouraging you to create your ideal work environment

At least two team-wide offsites a year

Diversity & Inclusion

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Risk Labs, the employing entity, is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplaces. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align- we encourage you to apply anyways. We value you taking the chance. Risk labs will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our Values

We value each individual’s right to economic freedom

We value openness, honesty, and directness

We value integrity

We value iterative learning

We value taking smart risks. We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”

Why Join Risk Labs?

We are a group aligned with the ethos of the crypto industry, striving to make an impact. You’ll succeed with Risk Labs if you’re a self-starter, kind, adaptable, and passionate about making an impact. We are a values-driven team focused on creating an environment where we can do our best work and succeed, building products we believe in and striving for innovation and growth. We support each other to create a happy, healthy, and inspired team vibe, making us family-friendly and nomad-friendly.

UMA's optimistic oracle is a decentralized truth machine for Web3, built on a solid foundation of team, technology, and products, with an exciting roadmap ahead. Across is forging the path for intents-based solutions and settlements, creating an interoperable world where DeFi is seamless, evolving from an early bridge to a market leader. We have big dreams, and a team excited to bring them to life.

Our international and fast-growing team blends highly-sought engineers with a diverse business team. We have a great network of supportive investors from groups like: Placeholder, Blockchain Capital, Bain Capital, Coinbase, Dragonfly. Teammates take the time off they need and support each other's wellness. You will not get bored here; we are constantly developing, building, experimenting, and evolving, always shifting and growing.