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Research Scientist Protocol Design

Alchemy California San Francisco United States

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$72k - $75k · Senior Full-time Posted almost 4 years ago 2 min read

Our mission is to bring blockchain to a billion people. The Alchemy Platform is a world class developer platform designed to make building on the blockchain easy. We've built leading infrastructure in the space, powering over $45 billion in transactions for tens of millions of users in 99% of countries worldwide.

The Alchemy team draws from decades of deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain from leadership roles at leading companies and universities like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT.

Alchemy recently raised a Series C led by a16z at a $3.5B valuation, having previously raised from Coatue, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, the Chairman of Google, Charles Schwab, and the founders and executives of leading organizations.

Alchemy powers the top blockchain companies globally and has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Bloomberg, and elsewhere.

The Role
Alchemy is integrating distributed protocols into our developer platform. As our first research scientist, you will be guiding the design and integration of protocols by solving problems related to incentive mechanisms, liquidity, pricing, governance, and network mechanics in the context of a decentralized ecosystem. You will work with a core team of engineers to architect and build protocols on Ethereum, and fine-tune their parameters as protocols mature.

Responsibilities

Research and develop incentive systems and rules that encourage participation and foster long-term stability and growth of protocols
Model and simulate the dynamics of systems and protocol designs under various conditions
Study and optimize existing service protocols
Work with product and engineering on research implementation
Collaborate with other researchers in the space
Contribute to white papers and other publications to introduce our protocol and present our research

What We're Looking For

Expertise (PhD or relevant experience) in computer science, economics, network science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field with relevant research experience
Strong knowledge of blockchain technology and cryptoeconomic protocols
Experience in contributing to research communities and/or efforts, including publications in relevant journals or conferences
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Alchemy focuses on Enterprise Software, Developer APIs, Technology, Developer Tools, and Cloud Infrastructure. Their company has offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Remote. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees. To date, Alchemy has raised $95M of funding; their latest round was closed on April 2021 at a valuation of $505M.

You can view their website at https://alchemy.com or find them on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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